Pedro Henriques assesses Sporting penalty and Santa Clara goal ruled out | OneFootball

Refereeing expert Pedro Henriques analyzed André Narciso’s performance in the match between Sporting and Santa Clara (4-2), considering that the referee delivered an overall positive display. Even so, he highlighted two decisive moments: the penalty awarded in the 20th minute and the goal disallowed late in the game.

Regarding the 20th-minute incident, Pedro Henriques described the play in detail: “Inside the islanders’ penalty area, Geny Catamo gets there first and catches Guilherme Romão off guard, who with his left foot ends up kicking the Mozambican forward’s right heel from behind in a careless manner.” Sporting were rightly awarded a penalty, as reported by newspaper 'A Bola'.

The moment was pointed out as one of the positives of the refereeing performance, with the expert reinforcing that it was the correct decision. The former referee’s view is in line with the opinion of Jorge Faustino and Marco Ferreira (Read HERE). 

Late on, attention turned to the incident that ended with Santa Clara having a goal disallowed after VAR intervention: “The islanders’ goal came from regaining possession through a foul, which VAR rightly overturned, because Vinicius, with his left foot, tripped and swept both of Faye’s feet — a clear and obvious attacking foul that the referee did not see but was correctly corrected. The goal was rightly disallowed.”

The green-and-white side return to the pitch next Tuesday, April 7, against Arsenal. The match, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Mikel Arteta’s team, will be played at the José Alvalade Stadium at 8:00 p.m.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.