Sporting v Vitória referee named: nearly allowed dodgy goal | OneFootball

The Refereeing Council of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced this Wednesday, August 12, the refereeing team appointed for Matchday 2 of the Liga Portugal Betclic. David Silva was chosen to officiate the match between Sporting and Vitória de Guimarães.

The official from the Porto Football Association was appointed as the main referee for the clash and will have Carlos Campos and Nélson Cunha as assistants. Flávio Duarte will be the fourth official, while VAR will be overseen by Manuel Oliveira. Inácio Pereira will be the AVAR.

The most recent match was the recent Matchday 29 fixture of 2025/26, against Estrela da Amadora (1-0).

Before that, the match that drew the most complaints was against Famalicão on Matchday 22 of last season, which the Lions also won 1-0. However, the referee ‘tried’ to allow an irregular goal by the Minho side, which was later disallowed after VAR alerted the referee.

The match, counting for Matchday 2 of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the side coached by Tiago Margarido, will be played at 8:15 pm at the José Alvalade Stadium.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.