Penalty in Bodø/Glimt v Sporting: Pedro Henriques disagrees | OneFootball

Pedro Henriques analyzed the most important moments of the Bodø/Glimt - Sporting (3-0), making it clear that the penalty which gave the Norwegians the lead in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 was wrongly awarded.

"29’ UEFA wants, in situations involving contact, ball disputes, and challenges for possession or position, for play to continue, considering such challenges to be within the spirit of the game when the contacts are lateral, close, and when neither player has the ball under control or possession. In this specific case, both players stretch their legs to try to play the ball, Sondre Fet with his left foot and Georgios Vagiannidis with his right, with the ball within reach of both," he began, speaking to the newspaper A Bola.

"There was contact, but there was no push, no outstretched arm, and the contact at hip level was the result of both players’ movements as they projected their legs forward towards the ball. As for VAR in UEFA, once again its intervention must be in very clear and obvious situations, and with a contact situation—which did exist—the analysis would probably always focus on the intensity, cause, and consequence, and the protocol would never allow intervention to overturn the decision. The images shown would always display the contact that occurred, hence the VAR validation, probably not because they fully agree with the decision, but mainly because they cannot prove the opposite—no penalty—in an absolute and unequivocal way. I do not agree with the awarding of the maximum penalty that was given," said Pedro Henriques.

With this defeat—the sixth in 42 matches this season—the team led by Rui Borges is at a disadvantage for the second leg of the prestigious competition’s round of 16 and will now have to win by three goals to tie the aggregate and the tie, or win by more than that at Alvalade to advance to the quarterfinals.

The green and white team will take to the field again next Tuesday, March 17, once more against Bodø/Glimt. The match, counting for the second leg of this Champions League round, against the Norwegian side, will be played at 5:45 p.m. at Estádio José Alvalade.

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