Pedro Henriques and Jorge Faustino agree: illegal goal in Arouca v Porto | OneFootball

Pedro Henriques and Jorge Faustino believe that Zaidu's goal in the Arouca - Porto (0-4) match last Monday, September 29, should have been disallowed. In the opinion of the former referees, Deniz Gul committed a foul before the goal of the left-back of the dragons, arguing that it is a complicated play to analyze for Fábio Veríssimo, but in which the VAR should have ended up acting.

"85’: goal preceded by a foul. In the goal scored by Zaidu, the VAR should have intervened to annul due to a foul by Deniz Gul, who, with his left hand, grabbed the left leg of Arnau Solà, thus preventing him from getting up and contesting the play", begins Pedro Henriques, arguing that the dragons' goal should have been disallowed by the VAR.

"At first, Alberto Costa did not foul Rocha. Then, Deniz Gul pulled Solá's leg. Foul, hard to see, in the construction of the goal play, which is illegal", also defends Jorge Faustino, in statements to the Record newspaper, agreeing with the opinion of his professional colleague.

Another of the highlighted plays in the Arouca - Porto was the expulsion of Martim Fernandes, for accumulation of yellows. Pedro Henriques considers it to be a "disciplinary infraction framed in negligent approach" and Jorge Faustino says that "the second yellow was well shown".

For its part, the Sporting returns to the field next Wednesday, October 1, against Napoli. The match, counting for the second round of the Champions League, against the team led by Antonio Conte - who has a headache for the match -, will be played at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, at 20:00.

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