Jorge Coroado on Lenglet red in Porto-Benfica: bad decision | OneFootball

Marco Silva’s team were reduced to 10 men still in the first half of the clash with Porto after Lenglet was shown a second yellow card. However, in Jorge Coroado’s view, the sending-off of the Benfica centre-back was a bad decision by Miguel Nogueira.

“The behaviour was unsporting, not violent or reckless. However, André Silva, for the provocation, deserved a yellow card. Given the disciplinary management applied, both players should have received a warning.”

Benfica president Rui Costa made many complaints about the refereeing after the match. According to the club official, there is a double standard in decisions involving his club and Porto, where he does not see the same level of strictness with the Dragons.

“There is a tremendous double standard, and Benfica were heavily punished by it, because the number of fouls FC Porto commit, beyond the normal foul that is not punished with a yellow, keeps giving strength to one team and taking it away from the other. There were a series of challenges, there were a series of fouls by FC Porto players that had to be punished, even before Lenglet’s sending-off.”

Marco Silva had already spoken during the week about the refereeing being influenced: “As for the sending-off, I’m not going to make any comment. If the club has to say something about the match, it should say it. I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep going like this until the end of the season. I come from a different culture.”

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