Ex-refs say Porto got favours, but Pedro Marques Lopes goaded Sporting | OneFootball

Porto drew 2-2 with Famalicão in a match marked by plenty of controversy. Pedro Marques Lopes said he has no doubt that the blue-and-white side will be champions and did not miss the chance to take a swipe at Sporting.

“We are going to win the title and our old ‘against everything and everyone’ talk will come back to the surface. It was a balanced game, but we always play against the opponent and against external forces, as happened in the game at Alvalade...”, he told Record newspaper.

Despite the jabs from the Porto supporter, refereeing experts did not point to any serious mistakes in the Sporting - Santa Clara match. Jorge Faustino and Marco Ferreira stressed that “there were no major errors that compromised the final result” and that the work of the refereeing team was, in general, competent.

Curiously, the former referees harshly criticized Sérgio Guelho’s team’s management in Porto’s match. Jorge Faustino pointed to a decisive error in the incident that could have influenced the result: “In an intense, balanced and very demanding match, he made an important mistake (a penalty that should have been awarded, with the corresponding sending-off) that negatively marks his performance”.

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