Penalty kick for scoring in Sporting Avis SAD: VAR sound

Joao Ferreira, vice president of the FPF arbitration board, stated that a penalty should have been awarded to the Lions, who at the time were one goal ahead and ended up winning 3-0.

VAR audio recordings relating to the last four rounds of the league (5th to 8th) were released this Thursday on Sport TV, and the second audio was on Sporting-Aves SAD, at the 32nd minute, which was supposed to be a snapshot. Penalty kick for the Lions.

With the score already 1-0, Francisco Trincao crossed for Konrad Harder's header, but Fernando Fonseca's arm prevented the ball from entering the goal and turned it into a corner kick. Ricardo Paicinho did not point to a penalty, but was called upon by the VAR technician, Rui Costa, to analyze the movement better.

Video Assistant Referee: “From here VAR, I advise you to come to the review area to get a possible penalty.”

Video Assistant Referee: “Here there is a moment of contact by player No. 2 while he is playing the ball with his hand. He drops it, and here he opens his hand and prevents the ball from passing.”

air: “Can you give me another angle, please?”

Video Assistant Referee: “When you want the ball to pass, open your arm.”

air: “Give me that, yes, give me that at normal speed to see if you make any obviously intentional movement.”

air: “No, I will stick to the decision, I will point to a corner kick.”

However, according to Joao Ferreira, Vice President of the FPF Refereeing Board, the chief referee’s decision was wrong: “The player jumps, his arm is in an unnatural position, away from the body, intercepting the ball, and this constitutes a violation. “Therefore, what we would like to say at the end of this decision is that Ricciardo has changed his decision and awarded a penalty kick, since there was a violation due to handball,” he said, also praising the performance of the VAR in this move.

He concluded: “It is a difficult move, but Roy did a very good job in contacting Ricciardo, but he looked at that gesture as a normal gesture, but the rules are clear, so it is expected here that a penalty kick will be awarded.”

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