Prestianni sent off against Sporting, but Benfica stood by the Argentine | OneFootball

Gianluca Prestianni was applauded by his teammates. The Argentine international played just over 10 minutes on the field, ultimately receiving a red card following a foul on an opponent. However, the Benfica squad did not fail to show their support for the number 25.

According to the newspaper A Bola, in its Saturday, December 6th edition, Prestianni — who will miss the match against Moreirense — did little on the pitch, as he had just come on. Nevertheless, the Argentine ended up committing a foul on Geny Catamo, which resulted in a yellow card; however, VAR intervened and António Nobre ended up changing it to a straight red.

Even so, the Argentine — who left without protesting — was applauded and received support from the Benfica bench, in solidarity with the behavior Sporting displayed in their technical area, an attitude that José Mourinho promptly brought to the attention of the fourth official, but nothing came of it.

At the end of the match, the Special One did not criticize Gianluca Prestianni’s sending off; however, he pointed out the existence of a double standard, noting that there had been a similar incident committed by Morten Hjulmand, where the Sporting captain walked away without any disciplinary sanction.

Benfica and Sporting shared the points in a match where the Lions started stronger; however, after the Eagles’ reaction, the dominance shifted to the red and white side. With this point, the Clube da Luz remains in third place in Liga Portugal Betclic, collecting 29 points from 13 matches played.

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