Roquette slams Santa Clara-Sporting row, calls it a slap in the face | OneFootball

Sporting defeated Santa Clara 3-2 last Thursday, December 18, and secured a place in the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup. With the end of regular time shrouded in controversy, Rodrigo Roquette opposed the criticism and still believes a warning was missing.

"It’s hard to understand the delay in reviewing a clear slap in the box when the ball wasn’t even close. The yellow card was missing!" commented the well-known Sporting supporter on his account on the platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), not only agreeing with the penalty awarded to Morten Hjulmand, but also criticizing the time VAR and João Pinheiro took to make the decision.

Even before the penalty was awarded, Roquette once again pointed out the ‘persecution’ of Sporting’s captain, who recently even received complaints from José Mourinho: "If it were Hjulmand who delivered the slap, everyone would say it’s a penalty…".

With this victory – the 18th in 25 matches this season –, Rui Borges’ team secured a spot in the next round of the Portuguese Cup, where they will face AFS in the quarter-finals, who had already eliminated V. Guimarães.

Sporting will be back on the field next Tuesday, December 23, against Vitória de Guimarães, in a match for the 15th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. The game against the team led by Luís Pinto will be played at 8:45 p.m. at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques.

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