Benfica will lodge a protest with the Portuguese Football Federation demanding a repeat of the Futsal League Cup final, in which it lost 4-2 to Sporting on Sunday, the red club announced this Monday.
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.” .
The Lisbon club outlined a concrete step in justifying the protest when Sporting striker Tynan, who scored two goals for the Lions, “came off the bench to interrupt a dangerous Benfica attack less than a minute and a half before the match.” the end of the match with a score of 3-2.”
The Brazil and Kazakhstan national team player, recognized as the best player of the match, was punished with a yellow card, although, according to Benfica, “the rules are clear and require, at a minimum, his sending off.”
For the Luz club, it was “another incorrect and serious decision by the refereeing team, which again had a direct impact on the final result and the awarding of the trophy” in the match played at the Municipal Pavilha da Povoa de Varzim.
“Given the seriousness of the events, (…) Sport Lisbon and Benfica is going to great lengths to ensure that unacceptable unsportsmanlike behavior again does not go unnoticed and that the level of refereeing at which today [domingo] We made sure it didn’t happen again.”
Sporting won the Futsal League Cup for the fifth time on Sunday, beating Benfica 4-2 in the final of the 2023/24 season to become the competition’s sole record holder of titles, breaking a tie with holder Benfica. four scepters.
Leonin were already leading 3-1 at half-time after goals from Tynan in the first and 19th minutes, Sokolov in the eighth minute and Cishkala scoring in the 18th minute for Benfica.
The Reds did cut the lead to 3-2 in the second half with an own goal from Joao Matos in the 34th minute, with Sporting getting the verdict in the dying moments in the 40th minute through Tomas Paso.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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