Schjelderup pitch invasion? FPF figure clarifies after Sporting-Benfica | OneFootball

The derby between Benfica and Sporting was marked by a controversial penalty, with the Lions' players demanding that the kick be retaken due to an alleged encroachment into the box by Andreas Schjelderup. In the last few hours, Duarte Gomes, FPF’s director of refereeing FPF, reportedly sent a clarification to all referees regarding the situation.

According to Record, the Refereeing Council believes that the action carried out by the Norwegian international had no impact on the incident in question, since the ball had already been saved by Anatoliy Trubin, who ended up denying Luis Suárez the opening goal.

According to the same source, the former referee and current FPF director reportedly sent all league referees footage explaining the basic procedure for assessing these types of situations. More specifically, what to do when the penalty does or does not result in a goal.

According to the same source, the rules regarding these types of incidents are properly clarified in the Laws of the Game handbook, in the section on penalties. It is worth recalling that Iturralde González, an experienced Spanish referee, takes the opposite view, considering that the penalty should have been retaken.

. With this result, Benfica temporarily moved up to second place in the Liga Portugal Betclic with 72 points, but the Lions can regain that position, as they have a game in hand.

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