Mauro Xavier fumes at Benfica, demands action after Famalicão row | OneFootball

The outrage in the Benfica camp over what happened in Famalicão continues to make headlines. In recent hours, Mauro Xavier took to social media to criticize Gustavo Correia’s refereeing and made a demand. From what could be gathered, the well-known Benfica supporter is calling for the release of the VAR audio.

"The penalty not awarded to Benfica yesterday requires the immediate release of the VAR audio", began the well-known Benfica supporter, referring to the moment when Andreas Schjelderup crossed into the Famalicão box and the ball was deliberately stopped by Rodrigo Pinheiro, the right-back of the Minho side.

"The incident was far too clear to be treated as a normal mistake. If there was incompetence, it should be admitted", said Mauro Xavier, pointing to how the case was handled both by Gustavo Correia and by the team responsible for VAR, with neither party seeing any kind of infringement in the incident in question, which sparked a huge wave of outrage on the Benfica bench.

"If there was bad faith, it should be investigated and punished. That’s already 4 points with this referee", demanded Mauro Xavier, referring to Gustavo Correia, while also calling for any possibility of harmful action in the match against Famalicão to be looked into, a game in which Benfica ultimately surrendered a 2-2 draw.

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