Rui Águas on António Silva’s penalty in Benfica – Casa Pia | OneFootball

Rui Águas believes that VAR should have intervened to annul the penalty awarded by Gustavo Correia in the Benfica – Casa Pia match for António Silva’s handball. However, in the opinion of the Eagles’ legend, José Mourinho’s team – which should have an important reinforcement in the coming weeks – needs to play more and better football, something that did not happen in the last match.

“After Benfica finally managed to increase their lead, Casa Pia’s goal came, resulting from a non-existent foul, which, just a few minutes later, restored the minimal difference. The incorrectly awarded penalty then stirred up the crowd and players, but not in the most positive way,” Rui Águas highlights.

“VAR ended up being a negative protagonist, a true outlaw, clearly to Benfica’s detriment, but the team owes itself a lot of responsibility for the failure,” says Rui Águas, commenting on the decision to award a penalty for António Silva’s handball.

“Benfica’s coach [José Mourinho] has acknowledged some limitations of his forwards when it comes to that skill [heading]. I believe I understood that one of the targets the Club will look to secure in the next transfer window must necessarily have this important characteristic. The best header in the current squad ends up being Otamendi,” considers Rui Águas.

“The final day of the elections brought a new show of strength from the Benfica universe, once again a broad winner at the ballot box. Now, it’s a new beginning in which everyone counts and in which forces are expected to come together again, for a new cycle that we all hope will be more triumphant than the previous one,” states Rui Águas.

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