Referee for Rio Ave v Sporting oversaw Lions' cup exit to 3rd-tier side | OneFootball

The Arbitration Council of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced this Thursday, August 27, the refereeing team appointed for Matchday 4 of the Liga Portugal Betclic. Bruno Costa was chosen to referee the match between Rio Ave and Sporting.

He will be assisted by Luís Costa and João Morte. The fourth official will be João Afonso, while Rui Soares will be on VAR duty. Márcio Azevedo will be the AVAR.

Bruno Costa does not bring back good memories for the Sporting faithful. The first time he officiated a match involving the Lions, the green-and-white side — then coached by Ruben Amorim — lost to Varzim (1-0) in the 2022/23 edition of the Portuguese Cup.

The Póvoa side was playing in Liga 3 and managed to eliminate the Alvalade club with a lone goal scored by João Faria in the 70th minute. The match was played at the Cidade de Barcelos Stadium and, of the players used in that game, Gonçalo Inácio, Nuno Santos and Pedro Gonçalves remain in the squad.

. The match, valid for the fourth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the side coached by Sotiris Sylaidopoulos, will be played at 8:15 pm in Vila do Conde.

Ruben Amorim was very frustrated at the end of the match:

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