João Brandão slams David Silva’s refereeing: “Rules are the same” | OneFootball

FC Porto B was defeated 2-1 in Portimão, on matchday 27 of the II Liga, with João Brandão, the dragons' coach, criticizing the work of the refereeing team led by David Silva.

“In the last ten minutes, the game became very physical with the referee allowing some situations like the one that started the play which ended up resulting in their second goal, a play where our player was pulled. Just because we are young doesn't mean the rules are different. I had the opportunity to tell David that at the end of the game. They are young players, we finished the game with four under-18 players, but that doesn't change the rules of the game and fouls in our favor should also be called, regardless of our physical capacity,” he stated.

“These are the growing pains our young players need to experience, the ability to play under pressure, to play with their bodies, to win fouls. We had the example of the last game, where we didn't get a penalty because the player didn't fall, and we ended up lacking in that sense. I think it's a very unfair result for what we produced and for what we were as a team, we didn't allow Portimonense much except for the plays I already mentioned,” he added.

FC Porto's B team currently occupies the sixth place in the II Liga, with 38 points.

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