Iturralde González: No red for Sporting, only a yellow | OneFootball

Iturralde González, former international referee, sees no reason for Ricardo Mangas, Sporting player, to have been shown a red card during the Lions’ victory over AFS (6-0). Around the 12th minute of the match, the winger committed a foul on Pedro Lima, but “only worthy of a yellow card.”

“It’s a very clear yellow card play. Ricardo Mangas makes a challenge on Pedro Lima from the side. Dangerous and with little chance of playing the ball, but only for a yellow card,” said the 58-year-old former referee to the newspaper ‘Record’.

At Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon, the national champions won comfortably against the Aves side and scored through Colombian Luis Suárez (32 and 53 minutes), Uruguayan Maxi Araújo (35’ and 47’), and Mozambican Geny Catamo (37’ and 90’+3’).

As our newspaper previously reported, exclusively, the return of Nuno Santos to the pitch, and consequently to the Alvalade Club’s squad, will further limit Ricardo Mangas’ opportunities, so the board does not rule out the player’s departure in the summer transfer window.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Ricardo Mangas – valued at 2.5 million euros – has played 11 matches. Over the 737 minutes he has been used by Rui Borges, the Algarve-born footballer has already scored two goals, both in a brace against Arouca.

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