Paulo Freitas: FC Porto deserve referee respect, didn’t get it | OneFootball

Benfica eliminated FC Porto from the Portuguese Cup in roller hockey, defeating the dragons 3-2 away from home in a highly contested round of 16 match. After the game, Paulo Freitas, coach of the blue and white team, criticized the refereeing.

“This is not new, it's something that's been going on for some time now, and when I heard about the appointment... we deserve respect. We are a great club, we played against another great club, which also has a lot of quality, but FC Porto is a great institution and deserves to be respected in exactly the same way. Today that didn't happen,” he stated.

“In doubt, we were always disadvantaged. And there are things that are not understood, two players colliding at half-court, with the score at 3-2 and the game ending, is clearly a very penalizing situation for us. The referees have to think very carefully about what they did here today,” Paulo Freitas added.

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