FC Porto has formally filed a protest against Aroca on Sunday, the fourth round of the 1st league, to the Council of Justice of the Portuguese Football Federation, confirmed this Monday to the Lusa agency, the source of the dragoons.
The day after they lodged a protest with the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) delegates to “annul the game”, the national runners-up submitted the same request to a federal body presided over by Luis Verde Sousa.
On Sunday, shortly after the 1-1 draw against Aroca, Porto announced in a statement that the measure was based on the actions of referee Miguel Nogueira during the annulment of a penalty awarded for an infringement by Mehdi Taremi.
After being warned by the Video Refereeing Team (VAR) to check images of a bet that occurred at 90+6 minutes with the away team leading 1-0, the “referee” encountered alleged technical difficulties and contacted Rui by phone. Oliveira, VAR of the match, called the coaches of each team to communicate their final decision.
“These actions of Miguel Nogueira represent a violation of the rules of the game and a legal error that can seriously affect the outcome of the game,” the Blue-Whites stressed.
According to the Arbitration Board (CA) of the FPF, it was a VAR power cut between the 87th and 90+11 minutes of the match, with the corresponding reserve support exhausted, which is denied by the administration of FC Porto SAD. .
The LPFP announced earlier this Monday afternoon that it will ask the Federal Disciplinary Board (CD) to initiate an investigation into this 14-minute “outage” of the video refereeing system, confirmed in a game played at the Dragau Stadium in Porto.
After this episode, Porto will again have a new maximum penalty, which the Portuguese-Brazilian Galeno wasted in the 90+15 minute, before the Brazilian Evanilson recorded the score 1-1 at 90+19 behind the Spaniard Cristo González. ahead of Aroka with a score of 84.