Pedro Henriques on brutal challenge on Banjaqui in Gil Vicente-Benfica | OneFootball

Benfica beat Gil Vicente 3-1 at the Estádio da Luz, in a match counting for the sixth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. One of the most notable moments of the game was the foul suffered by Daniel Banjaqui after a hard challenge from Gil Martins - an incident the Club has already commented on.

In his analysis of the incident, Pedro Henriques argues that the Gil Vicente midfielder should have been shown a yellow card. The former referee believes the ex-Porto player did not make full and direct contact with the Benfica full-back’s leg.

"It was a yellow card. Gil Martins goes in with his right leg, from top to bottom, studs up, making it dangerous play, initially touching the ball, which gets trapped against Daniel Banjaqui’s right foot and then immediately ends up scraping his right ankle. He did not make full and direct contact," he wrote in the newspaper A BOLA.

As for the penalty won by Fredrik Aursnes in the 87th minute, Pedro Henriques agrees with João Gonçalves’s decision. "The referee did well to award the penalty, when Tidjany Touré missed the ball and, as he stretched out his right leg, struck Fredrik Aursnes’s left knee, bringing down the Norwegian midfielder, a clear and obvious foul that was confirmed by the VAR," it reads.

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