Pedro Henriques on Nacional v Sporting: completely negligent | OneFootball

Pedro Henriques, a refereeing specialist, says that the second yellow card shown to Pablo Ruan for a violent tackle on Giorgi Kochorashvili in the match where Sporting defeated Nacional 4-1, was well judged by Bruno Costa, the referee of the match.

"The second yellow card shown to Pablo Ruan is correct, as the Nacional player is completely negligent in his approach to the play and by stretching his right leg, he hits Giorgi Kochorashvili's stomach with the instep of his foot," he began writing in the newspaper 'A Bola'.

The former referee speaks of an "evident" tackle at 37 minutes: "Play at the edge of the area, where both the location of the infraction and the negligent kick justify the warning clearly. As he already had a yellow card, he ended up being sent off for accumulation," it reads.

There were some doubts about whether the infraction occurred outside or inside the penalty area. What is certain is that Bruno Costa considered the foul on the Georgian midfielder to be outside the area, despite the protests from the Clube de Alvalade players who were asking for a penalty.

The green and white emblem will return to the field next Saturday, August 30, against Porto. The match, counting for the fourth round of the National Championship, against the team led by Francesco Farioli, will be played at 8:30 PM in Alvalade, with a key player from the dragons in doubt.

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