Benfica v Arouca penalties? Pedro Henriques gives his verdict | OneFootball

Pedro Henriques has no doubts: all three penalties in the Benfica - Arouca match were correctly awarded in favor of the Eagles. The refereeing expert used his analysis space in the newspaper A Bola to dissect the various incidents in the match between the Eagles and Arouca, which ended 5-0 in favor of the Eagles.

"Penalty. After Sudakov took the free kick, the ball hit the ground, bounced up, and was deliberately intercepted by Espen Van Ee, with his right arm wide open, almost parallel to the ground, outside the body plane, and with unnatural volume. Good intervention by the VAR," wrote Pedro Henriques about the first penalty awarded to Benfica.

Regarding the second shot from the penalty spot, the expert stated: "Penalty again. Another excellent intervention by the VAR, which called the referee to the monitor to show him a clear and obvious infraction. Alfonso Trezza arrived late and, with his right foot, kicked and tripped Gianluca Prestianni's left shin."

Pedro Henriques also took the opportunity to point out what he considered to be the two mistakes made by the match referee: a yellow card not shown to Espen Van Ee for a foul on Sudakov in the 26th minute; a yellow card not shown to Iván Barbero for a foul on Aursnes in the 39th minute. He also explained that the offside call against João Rêgo, in a Benfica goal that was eventually disallowed, was correctly made.

In conclusion, the expert analyzed the last incident of the match: "Penalty. This time, VAR was not needed to correctly award the maximum penalty. João Rego arrived and touched the ball first with his right foot, and then Amadou Danté, late and out of time, ended up kicking the young midfielder in red."

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