Referee expert reviews Benfica v Arouca incidents: “No need for VAR” | OneFootball

The three penalties awarded to Benfica in the match against Arouca were correctly given. This is according to Pedro Henriques, former referee and refereeing expert, who analyzed the incidents from the ninth round match of Liga Portugal Betclic, which ended 5-0, in his analysis column in the newspaper A Bola.

"Penalty. After Sudakov took the free kick, the ball bounced on the pitch, rose up, and was deliberately intercepted by Espen Van Ee with his right arm fully extended, almost parallel to the ground, away from his body and in an unnatural position. Good intervention by VAR," wrote Pedro Henriques about the first penalty awarded to Benfica.

Regarding the second penalty kick, the expert stated: "Penalty again. Another excellent intervention by VAR, who called the referee to the monitor to show him a clear and obvious infraction. Alfonso Trezza was late and, with his right foot, kicked and tripped Gianluca Prestianni’s left shin."

Pedro Henriques also took the opportunity to point out what he considered to be the two mistakes made by the match referee: a yellow card not shown to Espen Van Ee for a foul on Sudakov in the 26th minute; a yellow card not shown to Iván Barbero for a foul on Aursnes in the 39th minute. He also explained that the offside against João Rêgo, which led to a Benfica goal being disallowed, was correctly called.

To conclude, the expert analyzed the last incident of the match: "Penalty. This time, there was no need for VAR to correctly award the maximum punishment. João Rego got to the ball first with his right foot, and then Amadou Danté, late and out of time, ended up kicking the young Benfica midfielder."

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