Pedro Henriques shuts down Porto’s complaints in Porto v Braga: illegal | OneFootball

Pedro Henriques believes that Fábio Veríssimo had a very positive performance in the Porto – Braga match, of the 10th round of Liga Portugal Betclic. In the opinion of the former referee, the key moments of the match, namely the disallowed goal by Jan Bednarek and the validation of the goal by the Arsenalistas, were decided correctly.

“Despite the goal area, popularly known as the small area, no longer being a jurisdiction area of the goalkeeper, where the law in the past protected goalkeepers, who could not be charged in that zone, it remains that players, whether field players or goalkeepers, when charged illegally, in any part of the field, it always results in a foul against the offender,” Pedro Henriques begins by stating, in statements to the newspaper A Bola.

“In the goal, well disallowed for the Dragons, Jan Bednarek is initially away from the Braga goalkeeper, about two meters, moves towards him and there, when jumping, ends up illegally charging with his left arm, the chest and neck of Lukas Hornicek,” Pedro Henriques argues.

Regarding Braga's goal and Porto's protests, Pedro Henriques is clear: “Legal goal. Alberto Costa, with his left hand, grabs Gustaf Lagerbielke's shirt and he with his right arm wraps around the body of the Dragons' full-back, meaning both use their arms. In these circumstances, the play continues. Everything is legal.”

Porto, nevertheless, managed to defeat Braga and extend the gap to Sporting - which received important news about one of its pillars - to three points. The Dragons opened the scoring with Rodrigo Mora, at 44 minutes. At the start of the second half, the Minho team equalized through Víctor Gómez, but Borja Sainz, at 79’, would seal the deal.

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