FC Porto formalized the protest of the match against Arouca, played on Sunday, of the fourth day of the I League, before the Council of Justice of the Portuguese Football Federation, a source confirmed this Monday to the Lusa agency. … of the ‘dragons’.
One day after presenting a protest to the delegates of the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP), with the aim of “cancelling the match”, the national runners-up presented the same request to the federative body chaired by Luís Verde Sousa.
On Sunday, shortly after the draw against Arouca (1-1), FC Porto announced, in a statement, that this measure was based on the performance of referee Miguel Nogueira during the annulment of a penalty sanctioned for a foul on Mehdi Taremi .
Alerted by the video arbitration (VAR) team to check the images of the play, which took place at minute 90+6, when the visitors were winning 1-0, the ‘judge’ encountered alleged technical difficulties, contacted Rui by telephone Oliveira, the VAR of the match, and called the coaches of each team to convey their final decision.
“This action by Miguel Nogueira constitutes a violation of the rules of the game and a legal error with possible serious repercussions on the outcome of the game,” the ‘blue and whites’ stressed.
According to the Arbitration Council (CA) of the FPF, it was a failure of the VAR power supply between minutes 87 and 90+11 of the match, the respective support reserve being exhausted, thesis denied by the administration of FC Porto SAD .
The LPFP announced at the beginning of the afternoon of this second fair that it is going to ask the federative Disciplinary Council (CD) to establish a process of investigation of this 14-minute shutdown of the verified video arbitration system in the game played at the Estádio do Dragão, in the port.
After this episode, FC Porto would once again have a new maximum penalty, which was wasted by the Portuguese-Brazilian Galeno, in the 90+15 minutes, before the Brazilian Evanilson sealed the 1-1, in the 90+19, after the Spanish Christ Gonzalez. ahead of Arouca, in 84.
Source: TSF
