Pedro Henriques reviews missed foul in Nacional v Benfica: it has to be... | OneFootball

Pedro Henriques has no doubts regarding an incident that occurred at Choupana. According to the refereeing expert, a penalty in favor of Benfica was not awarded after a foul committed on Leandro Barreiro in Nacional’s penalty area, even though the player was not involved in the play.

Quoted by the newspaper A Bola in its Sunday edition, November 30, the former referee and now correspondent for the sports daily clarified that, in fact, there was an infraction against the Benfica player, emphasizing that VAR should have intervened to alert the match referee, Iancu Vasilica.

“As long as the ball is within the field of play and the game is ongoing, any infraction that occurs, even far from the ball, must be penalized,” Pedro Henriques began by saying, explaining that there was a foul, even though Benfica’s number 18 was not directly involved in the play that was unfolding.

“This is a good example where there was a clear and obvious push by Matheus Dias on Barreiro inside the home team’s penalty area, with the ball being played more than 25 meters away on the right flank of Benfica’s attack,” Pedro Henriques explained.

“Since the foul occurred far from the ball and, above all, out of the referee’s sight, VAR intervention was required,” concluded the expert quoted by A Bola. It should be recalled that the match in question ended with a victory for Benfica. Benfica’s goals only came in stoppage time, scored by Gianluca Prestianni and Vangelis Pavlidis.

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