Sporting-FC Porto cup refereeing given poor rating | OneFootball

The refereeing of the derby between Sporting and FC Porto, corresponding to the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-final and won by the Lions 1-0, was rated “unsatisfactory” by the FPF Refereeing Council. The match, officiated by Cláudio Pereira, from the Aveiro FA, was marked by several controversial incidents, which ended up leading to an exchange of accusations between Frederico Varandas and André Villas-Boas.

In that game, it should be recalled, a possible second yellow card not shown to Alberto Costa shortly before half-time led to a “robbery” gesture from Luis Suárez. On another occasion, the Dragons claimed an alleged assault by the Colombian forward on Porto centre-back Bednarek. Meanwhile, the video refereeing team, led by Manuel Oliveira, received a “satisfactory” rating.

In addition, the FPF Refereeing Council also released the ratings for the referees from Matchday 25 of the Betclic League. The derby between Benfica and FC Porto, at the Estádio da Luz, refereed by João Pinheiro with Luís Ferreira on VAR, was considered to have “very satisfactory” refereeing and “satisfactory” video refereeing, as was Braga vs Sporting, refereed by Miguel Nogueira, with Manuel Mota serving as video assistant referee.

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