Nuno Encarnação says Sporting were favoured, expert disagrees | OneFootball

Nuno Encarnação criticized the refereeing team for Estrela da Amadora - Sporting, which took place last Saturday, in which, in his opinion, two clear penalties against the Alvalade club were not awarded, specifically incidents involving Iván Fresneda and Maxi Araújo.

"Last weekend, Sporting once again came out benefited from a matchday in which, in the 19th minute, the Estrela da Amadora player was wiped out inside the box by Fresneda. In the 70th minute, Maxi stopped the ball with his hand inside the box... In short, two penalties forgiven to Sporting,"

wrote in his opinion piece for the newspaper Record.

opinions of former Spanish referee Iturralde González. In his analysis of the main incidents of the 29th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, the former referee does not believe Sporting was favored.

Regarding the incident involving Fresneda: "It is curious, because it is a play that, at the professional level, referees do not call at all. If you apply the rules literally, the truth is that you cannot push an opponent in the back without challenging for the ball... Knowing what professional referees do, I would not award a penalty", he began by saying, also to the same media outlet.

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