Jorge Coroado: Eagles got a helping hand at Vitória SC v Benfica | OneFootball

Benfica defeated Vitória de Guimarães 3-0 in the tenth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. The Eagles only managed to unlock the game in the second half, after Georgiy Sudakov escaped a red card—as confirmed by Jorge Coroado and other experts—and after the Guimarães side was reduced to 10 men.

"Sudakov, with no way to play the ball, with a firm leg and sharp boot ‘teeth’, struck Samu’s leg in a gross manner. The most appropriate card would have been red," assured Jorge Coroado to the newspaper O Jogo, pointing out a mistake by João Pinheiro.

José Leirós shares the same opinion, also criticizing the video referee, Rui Costa; "A studs-up challenge to Samu’s leg ends up putting the opponent’s physical integrity at risk. Sudakov should have been sent off with a straight red. Since it was clear and obvious, the VAR should have alerted the referee."

VAR, Rui Costa, once again, was nowhere to be found," said Fortunato Azevedo.

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