Farioli: “Semi should be against Santa Clara or AVS” | OneFootball

Statements from FC Porto coach, Francesco Farioli, in the press room at the Estádio do Dragão, after the goalless draw against Sporting in the second leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-finals:

Bednarek’s criticism in the “flash” interview:

“A few weeks ago, I spoke about that grey area and the move towards green. In the other semi-final, the same referee made a decision which, keeping the same criteria, after seven minutes would have left us with a free-kick and Sporting one man down [editor’s note: referring to the incident involving Gonçalo Inácio and William Gomes]. And this is just one of seven or eight episodes throughout the game. It’s nothing new, it’s becoming recurring, and it’s difficult to accept these situations. Even so, I want to highlight the team’s great performance, both with 11 and with 10 men. Now, out of the Cup, we’ll focus on the league; we have a mission to accomplish, points still to fight for, and our focus is already there, although there remains the bitterness of not reaching a final that, in my opinion, we deserved.”

More criticism of the refereeing. Why does it keep coming up?

“We can’t keep going on with the same narrative. Today, in a normal context, the semi-final should have been against Santa Clara or AVS. I’ll give you another chance to ask a question about the game, because it was a performance that deserves to be analysed.”

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