Pedro Henriques: Benfica hard done by v Santa Clara, reckless | OneFootball

Pedro Henriques points out that there was a penalty that was not called. In his analysis of the refereeing team's performance, the expert believes that an infraction during a ball dispute involving Gianluca Prestianni, a winger for Benfica, and Paulo Victor, a player for Santa Clara, went unsanctioned.

In his analysis, published by the newspaper A Bola, the expert scrutinized the various moments that marked the victory of the "encarnados", from Vangelis Pavlidis's goal to the penalty requests involving Leandro Barreiro and Gianluca Prestianni, which had quite different interpretations for Pedro Henriques.

"Contact. Venâncio makes a slight and inconsequential contact with his left arm on Barreiro's left arm; Barreiro, in turn, is already off balance because he himself, with his left foot, kicked the right foot of the islanders' central defender. Legal play and no penalty," stated the former referee.

"Stomp. Recklessness means that a player acts without caution in the way he approaches and disputes the ball with the opponent. Paulo Victor, with his right foot, steps on and removes the boot from Prestianni's left heel. TV and VAR penalty," stated Pedro Henriques, in a play that divided opinions.

It should be noted that Benfica managed to secure three more important points, keeping the "eagles" in the fight for the Liga Portugal Betclic title. After 22 rounds, the Clube da Luz is in third place with 52 points, the same as Sporting (second place) and four points behind Porto, however, the rivals still have to face Famalicão and Nacional, respectively.

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