Pedro Henriques: Lions denied clear penalty in Vitória v Sporting | OneFootball

Pedro Henriques analyzed all the plays in Sporting's 4-1 victory against Vitória de Guimarães. Besides agreeing that the last goal by the Lions was rightly validated, the former Portuguese referee believes that a penalty was missed for a foul on Fotis Ioannidis.

"30’: Penalty. During the free kick executed by Luís Suárez, and with the ball already in play, there was a tussle in the area between Fotis Ioannidis and João Mendes with the Vitória player grabbing, pulling, and knocking down the Greek forward's right arm with both hands", reads Pedro Henriques' analysis in the newspaper A Bola.

Moreover, the refereeing expert ended up maintaining the same opinion as Jorge Faustino and Marco Ferreira, ensuring that Sporting's fourth goal was rightly validated: "No offside. At the start of the play on the right wing, Fotis Ioannidis was in a legal position, and at the conclusion of the play when Luís Suárez shot, Maxi Araújo, who ended up scoring on the rebound, was behind the ball line. Well done by the assistant in those two moments".

With this victory – the 19th in 26 matches this season – the team led by Rui Borges now has 38 points and remains in second place in the Liga Portugal Betclic standings. Porto (43) is in first place. Benfica is third with 35.

The green and white team will return to the field next Sunday, December 28, against Rio Ave. The match, part of the 16th round of the National Championship, against the team led by Sotiris Sylaidopoulos, will be played at 8:30 PM in Alvalade.

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