The president of FC Porto on Sunday called for an “end to VAR” in Portuguese football, given that video refereeing technology was behind the 2-1 defeat at home to Gil Vicente.
“Given today’s performances by VAR [Tiago Martins] and VAR Antonio Nobre in the last game in Wiesel [vitória do Benfica no sábado, por 2-0], I make a request from here: put an end to the referee’s video. Having VAR for some and not for others means the opposite of the truth of the game,” Pinto da Costa said in a statement to the club’s TV channel.
The Dragons lost 2-1 at home to Gil Vicente on Sunday in Matchday 22 of the Portuguese First League, leaving the defending champions eight points behind leaders Benfica and could be overtaken by Sporting de Braga who are playing on Monday. .
In Pinto da Costa’s opinion, “if VAR only works for some”, it should “end”, an idea he expressed four times, given that in this scenario “he does nothing unless he spends money and distorts the truth of the championship “.
“The audience understood that the players gave their best. Nine against 11 is a mission impossible, especially given the duality in the yellow card draw that led to Uribe red,” he said.
Iranian Taremi gave the lead to the national champions just four minutes later, but Spain’s Fran Navarro at 27 minutes and Brazil’s Murilo at 45+2 converted a penalty after Joao Mario was sent off to the Dragons with a straight red card, 35, and Uribe also followed the same path, 52.
The President of the Porto Players also asked the Arbitration Board (CA) of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) to “think well about what happened that day and the appointments he made”.