Sousa Cintra fumes over Sporting refereeing: It was dreadful | OneFootball

Sporting’s 1-1 draw against AVS SAD, last Sunday, April 27, generated strong discontent among well-known figures from the Sporting world, mainly due to the refereeing and its impact on the race for second place.

Sousa Cintra, the Club’s former president, was direct in his criticism: “The refereeing was terrible. A penalty that was a penalty was not given. One that wasn’t, was. Sporting had many chances, the result was unfair and the refereeing was to blame. It did everything to make us drop points.”

Iordanov also felt the team did enough to win: “Sporting did everything to win, but luck was missing. They played better, but couldn’t win. They had more chances, but couldn’t score. Maybe, with that penalty, the game would have been over. It was a penalty.”

Rita Garcia Pereira also pointed the finger at the refereeing: “An unnecessary draw, helped by the refereeing, because of the penalty that was not given. It is a very unsatisfactory result, there’s no point in whitewashing it. Always Sporting, but not like this.”

With this draw – the ninth in 51 matches this season –, the team coached by has 72 points and remains in third place in the standings. Porto (82) is in first place (with one more game played). Benfica is second with 75, also with one more match played.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.