Pedro Henriques clarifies Famalicão’s disallowed goal v Sporting | OneFootball

In the analysis of the arbitration of the match between Sporting and Famalicão (victory for the lions by 1-0), Pedro Henriques evaluated the disallowed goal for the Minho team at 8 minutes, which, in his opinion, leaves no room for dispute, as Maxi Araújo is brought down by the opponent.

"The Famalicão goal is rightly disallowed after VAR intervention, as there was indeed an offensive foul by Pedro Santos on Maxi Araújo. This play was preceded by an offside on the left wing as the Famalicão team was attacking, an offside that was not flagged by the assistant referee," can be read in the newspaper 'A Bola'.

The expert explained, however, that the issue of the irregular position could not be reversed: "As the ball was crossed into the area and the lions came out playing with it and only then lost it again, in other words, the offside was already part of another phase of attack and as such the VAR by protocol could no longer retrieve the play to annul the goal".

A solitary goal by Daniel Bragança in the 82nd minute secured the triumph against the team led by Hugo Oliveira, in a match counting for the 22nd round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, keeping the lions four points behind the leader Porto, of Francesco Farioli.

In the 2025/26 sports season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Daniel Bragança – valued at 10 million euros – played one match for the B team and six matches for the main team. In total, in 200 minutes of play, the midfielder scored two goals.

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