Sporting held in Algarve after dubious penalty (video) | OneFootball

The Sporting under-23 team drew with Farense, 2-2, at the Estádio do Algarve, this Friday, December 5th, in a match for the 15th round of series B of the Liga Revelação. Ivanildo Mendes and Victor Guzmán turned the score around for the lions, but the referee 'helped' the Algarve team to equalize.

The green and whites started the match almost losing. Just 2 minutes in, Rúben Ribeiro scored for the home team and put the pressure on Sporting. With the Sporting squad largely uninspired in offensive creation throughout almost the entire first half, Ivanildo Mendes still managed to equalize for the lions before halftime (45'+1).

In the second half, Victor Guzmán quickly turned the score around for Sporting - with a good assist from Chris Grombahi, the player who debuted as a starter only had to tap it in (52'). When the lead seemed controlled, the match referee awarded a penalty - quite dubious - for an alleged foul by Miguel Gouveia. Leonardo Oliveira converted and reestablished the tie (75').

With this draw - the third in 16 games this season - Filipe Neto's team has 21 points and is in fourth place, nine points behind the leader Torreense (30). The next match will be exactly against the Torres Vedras team and is scheduled for Sunday, December 14th, at 3:00 PM, at the opponent's ground.

The starting lineup presented by the green and white emblem was composed of: Miguel Gouveia, Daniel Costa, Guilherme Silva, Lucas Taibo, Rayhan Momade, Zaïd Bafdili, Chris Grombahi, Rafael Camacho, Victor Guzmán, Ivanildo Mendes, and Micael Sanhá.

Check out the play that led to the supposed penalty:

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