Jorge Faustino: Sporting got lucky vs Famalicão, elbow incident | OneFootball

In the aftermath of Famalicão vs. Sporting, from the fifth round, Jorge Faustino believes that the Lions benefited from the refereeing.

Last night, Sporting, the eternal rival of Benfica, played in the return of the Liga Portugal Betclic, where they beat Famalicão 2-1. After the match, Jorge Faustino analyzed the performance of António Nobre, the referee of the game, and considered that the official made a poor decision in evaluating an incident between Gonçalo Inácio and Gustavo Sá.

The incident in question happened in the final minutes of stoppage time in the first half, when the Lions’ center-back, in an attempt to protect his space, struck his opponent’s neck. However, António Nobre ruled that it was not an infraction worthy of a yellow card, in this case, a second yellow.

Nevertheless, according to the analysis by the expert associated with the newspaper Record, the referee did not handle the situation well: “Gonçalo Inácio, with his arm outstretched trying to protect his space, did not take the necessary care and, in a negligent gesture, struck Gustavo Sá’s throat with his elbow. A yellow card (second) should have been shown.”

Certainly, the incident involving the Lions’ number 25 and the player who was once on Benfica’s radar was the same one Gustavo Sá referred to in the flash interview, where the Famalicão player made some criticisms of the refereeing criteria applied throughout the match.

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