Custódio praises Sporting player's attitude: He's honest | OneFootball

Custódio, coach of Alverca, made statements after this Sunday’s home defeat against Sporting (4-1), in a match for the 27th round of Liga Portugal Betclic. The former Sporting midfielder praised Luis Suárez’s attitude and criticized João Pinheiro, who showed a yellow card after the Colombian forward said it was not a penalty.

"Every player who does that is a sportsman, deserves recognition, and is honest. Today, with VAR, there can be no taking advantage of those kinds of situations. I just don’t understand why he goes to VAR after the player says that," he said after the match.

The leader of the Ribatejo team also analyzed the match and considers the result deserved. "The result is fair. Looking at how we started, we knew exactly what triggers we had to use in terms of pressing, but the first two goals we conceded took their toll. We knew we had to be at our best, but from then on it became difficult to fight for the result," he said.

It is worth remembering that after the game, Rui Borges also spoke about this issue regarding Luis Suárez and stated that the player should have received another card: the white one. "I think now there’s the white card, that’s what was required, that’s what should have been given. But I don’t know, you have to ask the referee or the video assistant referee. A strange situation, but it is what it is, it’s part of the game and I’m not going to comment much on it," he said.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Luis Suárez – valued at 28 million euros – has played 42 matches: 25 in Liga Portugal Betclic, ten in the Champions League, five in the Portuguese Cup, one in the League Cup, and another in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. In the 3,403 minutes he was on the field, the striker scored 33 goals and made five assists.

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