Tiago Silva slams FC Porto penalty row: No penalty, just drama | OneFootball

A large part of the country has spent days trying to find a penalty against FC Porto in the match with Vitória SC… but Tiago Silva has no doubts: there is absolutely no case.

“This is going to cause a lot of whining because for the past week, all that's been done is desperately searching for a penalty committed by Porto players,” he stated, assuring that those who insist on this theory are “forcing” a narrative.

And he added: “But it’s not easy, because in fact the images… Not this time. Not this time.”

For this Porto fan, the play is clean and doesn’t even deserve discussion: “The technical consensus of refereeing that exists around the plays (…) makes this not a controversy at all. This is an artificial controversy.”

“The frustration” comes from the moment… and the approaching Porto–Sporting match

Tiago Silva frames all this uproar in the context of the competition and the proximity of the derby.

“We are at a time when a very important game for the Championship is approaching, which is Porto–Sporting,” he explained, suggesting that many were expecting a slip from Porto to tighten the standings.

“Many were already counting on the draw to allow the rivals to reduce the point gap with Porto.”

And he pointed out another reason for the rival's irritation: “Since the referee awarded two penalties in favor of Futebol Clube do Porto… there is an attempt to create a narrative to justify that there is controversy in this game.”

What does he see in the play? “Normal, fortuitous contact in football”

In analyzing the play, he completely rejects the idea of a penalty.

“I see a Vitória player deliberately lowering his head and leaning in to try to intercept the ball.”

According to his reading, the player fails to intercept and only a contact occurs – without it constituting a foul.

“He misses the interception and then ends up slightly turning his hip, causing contact with the front.”

And he summed up: “The laws of the game do not punish contacts. The laws of the game punish infractions.”

In the end, he dismantled the episode with a direct conclusion: “There is no trip here, there is no push here, there is no negligent or even reckless action here. It’s normal, fortuitous contact in football.”

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