João Pinheiro and Lucílio Baptista meeting delayed Porto exit from Luz | OneFootball

FC Porto only left Estádio da Luz more than two hours after the end of the match. The delay was not due to any last-minute events, but to the practice of the Refereeing Council of appointing, in games of greater responsibility, an individual identified as a “mentor” who, at the end, meets with the referee to thoroughly analyze the events.

In the classic match between the Eagles and the Dragons, the designated “mentor” was former referee Lucílio Baptista, who, according to sources, had a long conversation with João Pinheiro about his performance in this game.

Officially, the appointed observer was João Gabriel Moreira, and such assessments of the referee's performance have been conducted for some time using television broadcasts; thus, the only representative of the Refereeing Council present at the venue with the role of speaking with the referee is the “mentor”.

The drafting of the referee's report – which must be signed by the delegates of both clubs – was delayed due to the priority given to the game's 'debriefing', which led FC Porto to head towards Invicta only after 10 p.m. This extension of procedures, which apparently has been repeated on several occasions, also caused dissatisfaction among Benfica's officials.

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