Sporting-FC Porto cup refereeing gets poor mark | OneFootball

The refereeing of the derby between Sporting and FC Porto, corresponding to the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-final and won by the Lions 1-0, was rated “unsatisfactory” by the FPF Refereeing Council. The match, officiated by Cláudio Pereira, from the Aveiro FA, was marked by several controversial incidents, which ended up triggering an exchange of accusations between Frederico Varandas and André Villas-Boas.

In that game, it should be remembered, a possible second yellow card not shown to Alberto Costa shortly before half-time led to a ‘robbery’ gesture from Luis Suárez. At another moment, the Dragons claimed an alleged assault by the Colombian forward on Porto centre-back Bednarek. Video refereeing, led by Manuel Oliveira, received a “satisfactory” rating.

In addition, the FPF Refereeing Council also released the ratings of the referees for the 25th round of the Betclic League. The derby between Benfica and FC Porto, at the Estádio da Luz, refereed by João Pinheiro with Luís Ferreira on VAR, was considered “very satisfactory” in terms of refereeing and “satisfactory” in terms of video refereeing, as was Braga vs Sporting, refereed by Miguel Nogueira, with Manuel Mota as video assistant referee.

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