Joke? Benfica beat Sporting with player who should've seen red (Video) | OneFootball

Benfica won last Saturday, November 29th, against Nacional da Madeira, in a match played at Choupana. After starting off losing, the club from Luz managed a comeback in the final minutes, but one of the goals came through Prestianni, who could very well have seen a red card for assaulting a rival player.

The incident occurred in the 83rd minute, when Nacional was leading Benfica 1-0. Prestianni was arguing with some opposing players and even touched the face of a rival player in a rash and even aggressive manner, in an incident that was ignored by the match referee.

Then, in the 89th minute, it was Prestianni himself who scored the equalizing goal for Benfica, initiating the comeback of the second circular rival at Choupana. Six minutes later, they scored again to confirm the turnaround and temporarily draw level with Sporting in the standings.

A curious note is that the incident was not analyzed by refereeing experts in their usual opinion spaces. The press thus ended up ignoring an incident that could have completely changed the game, had the referee shown a red card to the Argentine player.

The case is even more curious considering Benfica's fierce attack on Sporting in recent weeks. The Eagles complained of supposed benefits to the Alvalade Club in numerous statements, with special attention to the wrongly awarded corner that resulted in the green and white goal against Santa Clara. Curiously, they were also 'helped' recently in a similar incident in the Champions League - a corner goal against Ajax, where the play should have been annulled for offside by a Benfica player.

Check here the possible aggression by Prestianni in the Nacional - Benfica match:

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