Rui Borges on Porto penalty: Ref’s call could’ve gone either way

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·2 March 2026

Rui Borges on Porto penalty: Ref’s call could’ve gone either way

Match against FC Porto: “It’s another classic, against a good team that is in first place in the Primeira Liga. These games are always hard-fought, strategic, that’s how football is. There are two legs, tomorrow is the first and we want to come out on top. FC Porto will also come with the ambition to win. We’re playing at home, we want to take a step forward, we have to do a lot to achieve that.”

Penalty awarded to FC Porto in Arouca. What is your opinion? “For me, it might not have been a penalty. But the referee decided that way, I’m not going to stand here talking about refereeing and incidents from other games.”