Pavlidis incident in AVS v Benfica assessed by expert: negligent | OneFootball

At the entrance to the eighth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, some notes are already known regarding the main moves that marked the previous matches. Duarte Gomes, former referee, analyzed the moves that took place in the matches of the three big ones, including the duel between AVS - Benfica, dealing with a virus, where he argues that there was a foul on Vangelis Pavlidis.

At the invitation of the Record newspaper, the former judge analyzed the moves that left some doubts in the sixth round, namely the AVS - Benfica, as well as the Sporting - Moreirense and the Rio Ave - Porto. In José Mourinho's debut match, the former whistle man highlighted a play involving the Greek striker.

According to Duarte Gomes, in the final stretch of the match, a foul was missed for the way Pavlidis was disarmed by the opponent: ""It was a situation that escaped the referee. There is apparently a cut in the ball, many complaints from the player... and when the referee sees a player with many complaints he tends to suspect".

"In fact there is a cut in the ball and there is no offside. But after the cut in the ball there is a tackle from behind on the right leg sweeping Pavlidis. It's one of those moves where we realize that getting to the ball first doesn't always nullify the next foul if it's negligent", Duarte Gomes continued to explain.

Finally, Duarte Gomes stresses that the match referee did not make the best assessment of the move, arguing that he failed to signal the move and a sanction against the AVS defender: ""It escaped the scrutiny of a referee. An action that went unpunished and a yellow card. It wasn't red because the ball doesn't stay in front of Pavlidis"

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