This Monday, Sporting said that the refereeing team had correctly decided to give Tynan a yellow card after he left the bench to interrupt Benfica’s game in the Futsal League Cup final.
“Each game is unique. Of course, there will be decisions that will affect the results and that should be worth considering and considering. Yesterday [domingo] The arbitration group made the right decision and in accordance with the regulations,” you can read in the note published by the Lions on the official website.
The Leonin club emphasized that it is “guided by a law that is above all laws of the game: the law of values” and recalled its history against its eternal rival.
“We will always be the first to point out any action that does not respect the code of fair play that we impose on ourselves. Regardless of its origin, or even if it is a reaction to a lack of fair play, as was the case with the athlete yesterday. Tynan’s thoughtless attitude, which he himself has already admitted,” he said.
Before the club’s announcement, Sporting winger Tynan, who had scored two goals for the Lions, came off the bench to break up Benfica’s attack with less than a minute and a half left in the match, making the score 3-2. he has already taken to social media to apologize.
“I know that at Sporting the law of values is higher than any other law and that the lack of fair play on the part of the opponent does not justify my reaction. Sporting has a moral code and for this reason I apologize to all Sporting fans. for my impulsive behavior yesterday,” wrote the Brazilian-born Kazakhstan national team player, who was considered the best player in the final played in Póvoa do Varzim.
Sporting won the Futsal League Cup for the fifth time on Sunday by beating Benfica 4-2, but the Reds today announced they would lodge a protest with the Portuguese Football Federation to demand a repeat of the final.
In a statement published on its official website, Benfica expressed its “deep anger at the refereeing” of the game, which it said was responsible for “consecutive decisions that have undermined sporting truth, harmed Benfica and led to the creation of a very serious a precedent for national futsal.” .
In justification of the protest, the “red” club pointed to the move in which Tynan “came off the bench to interrupt a dangerous attack by Benfica with less than a minute and a half left in the match, with the result 3: 2.”
The Brazilian and Kazakhstan international was given a yellow card, although Benfica said “the rules are clear and at a minimum he will be sent off.”
In today’s statement, the Lions also commented on journalist ZeroZero, who was the victim of verbal attacks from Benfica’s technical team after the game, expressing regret over the incident.
Sporting also reaffirms its inherent respect for freedom of expression and stands in solidarity with all journalists who continue to be forced to carry out their duties, as happened yesterday. We’ve seen it all, we know the strategy. The recipe is known and this invariably involves an attempt at any cost to divert attention from everything that does not matter,” they argued.