Porto blame ref after U19 loss: “Unfair red, ghost goal” | OneFootball

FC Porto expressed its displeasure with referee Rui Mónica this Wednesday, after their under-19 team was defeated by Braga (2-1) at the Estádio de Pedroso, in the 15th round of the Northern Series of the 1st phase of the National Junior A Championship.

In their statement published on the official website, the blue and white club claims to have been “strongly harmed by the refereeing” of the judge from the Lisbon Football Association, adding that the team’s mission, which went into halftime at a disadvantage, “became even more complicated with the direct red card wrongly shown to goalkeeper Diogo Pereira in a play preceded by a clear foul by the Minho side,” in the 52nd minute.

“Shortly after, Rui Mónica turned a blind eye to a very clear penalty on Duarte Cunha, but even before the 1-2 scored by Julián Pérez (90’+6′), the referee validated Braga’s second goal in a play where the ball didn’t even enter Porto’s goal and where the assistant referee was 20 meters behind the goal line,” the Dragons also pointed out.

FC Porto leads the Northern Series of the junior championship alone with 40 points, ten more than second-placed Famalicão, who have two more games played. In the next round, the Dragons will travel to Vizela (Sunday, at 3:00 pm).

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.