Unawarded penalties in Benfica v Alverca? Experts weigh in | OneFootball

According to Marco Ferreira and Jorge Faustino, Bruno Costa made the right decisions in the Benfica - Alverca match. According to refereeing experts, the penalty incidents claimed by the Glorious, in the victory against the Ribatejanos, do not exist.

"It was not at all evident that Schjelderup's fall was a consequence of Nabil Touaizi's action. The attacker was already falling before contact. No penalty kick. Good decision", Jorge Faustino began by saying, in statements to the newspaper Record, when analyzing the incident with the number 21 of the eagles.

The same happened again at the 60th minute, with Marco Ferreira agreeing with Bruno Costa: "Incident in Alverca's area with Rafa and Meupiyou using their arms to gain position, with the forward falling without infringement. Good decision".

The only exception was the incident involving the number 18 of the reds, according to Jorge Faustino: "Chissumba, while trying to play the ball, hit Barreiro's thigh and hip with his knee in contact inside the area. Penalty not awarded in a difficult incident".

Finally, Marco Ferreira validates the decision on the disallowed goal for the reds: "Pavlidis appears in the area and scores after the ball hits his arm. The forward does not avoid the ball contact with the arm and scores an irregular goal. Goal correctly disallowed after a good intervention by the VAR".

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