Penalty on Barreiro in Nacional v Benfica? Some insist it was a push | OneFootball

Leandro Barreiro was indeed pushed intentionally. This statement was made by Pedro Henriques, a refereeing expert, who considered that there was an infringement inside Nacional’s penalty area in favor of Benfica. He also indicated that the VAR did not perform well in this situation.

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

"As long as the ball is in play and the game is ongoing, any infringement 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.

"Now, this is a good example where there is a clear and obvious push by Matheus Dias on Barreiro, inside the islanders’ area, with the ball being played more than 25 meters away on the right flank of Benfica’s attack," explained Pedro Henriques.

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

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