Porto file complaint: Sporting captain Hjulmand faces long ban | OneFootball

The Classic ended in a one-all draw, but the dispute continues off the pitch. Porto has filed a complaint with the Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation against Morten Hjulmand, alleging an assault by the Sporting captain on AVS player Tiago Galletto at the 115th minute of the Portuguese Cup quarter-final match, which the lions won 3-2 after extra time last Thursday.

Based on the images broadcast by RTP, the dragons argue that a red card should have been shown to the Danish midfielder, which would have ruled him out of the 21st round Classic. Since there was no intervention from referee André Narciso or VAR Bruno Esteves, Porto decided to formalize the complaint with the Disciplinary Council.

The blues and whites maintain that Morten Hjulmand should be sanctioned and seek access to the referee's bodycam footage, claiming that, in the final sequence of the play, it is noticeable that Tiago Galletto is hit on the head.

According to the Disciplinary Regulations of Liga Portugal, incidents of aggression or violent tackles that escape the refereeing team's perception can be analyzed later using television images. This mechanism is provided for in Article 258 and allows for the opening of a summary process based on flagrant offense proven by video, requiring only a formal complaint from a club.

The disciplinary framework will depend on the qualification of the incident by the Disciplinary Council. If it is classified as violent play - that is, a ball dispute using excessive force that endangers the opponent's physical integrity - Article 154 may apply, which provides for a suspension of one to four games and a fine between 3 and 25 units of account (306 to 510 euros).

However, if the Disciplinary Council considers it to be aggression, under Article 145 - a situation where there is no ball dispute and there is a deliberate intention to hit the opponent - the scenario changes substantially. In this case, sanctions are determined based on the time: suspension of two months to two years in the case of aggression without serious injury, potentially extending from six months to four years if there is a particularly serious injury.

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