The match at the beginning of the season between Benfica and Sporting for the Elite Cup, at the Cidade de Tomar Municipal Pavilion, would only determine the fifth and sixth place in the competition, but it had more encouragement, especially in the second half, when the two The guards of the nets Ângelo Girão and Pedro Henriques saw the direct red between four blues distributed by outfield players from the two teams. However, since that Verdiblanco victory, the derbies had been intense, with victories spread (4-3 in the regular phase and 4-1 in the Portuguese Cup at Luz, 4-2 in the regular phase and 4- 3 after penalties at the beginning of the semifinals in João Rocha) but inside the “normality” in the context of a game between rivals. To Saturday.
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Then, in game 2 of the Championship semi-final, there was a bit of everything on and off the court: verbal abuse, threats, shoving and aggression (whether the game was in progress or stopped). The referees’ report for the match that ended with Benfica’s victory by 3-2, leveling the series at one, had only three blue cards and one direct red card for situations that occurred in the last two minutes. However, the punishments applied by the Disciplinary Board of the Skating Federation they had a much heavier hand, leaving five players out of game 3 of the semifinal, on Tuesday night at the Pavilhão João Rocha.
???? The summary of victory. #BenficaHockey (3-2), in Game 2 of the National Championship play-off semifinal!
???? Pablo Alvarez and Lucas Ordonez (2)#SóHáUmBenfica#KellyServices #GTC #Azemad @adidas pic.twitter.com/WXqs5d40HD
— SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) June 5, 2022
Henrique Magalhães, the Portuguese international who was sent off with a direct red card after punching Pablo Álvarez, was sanctioned with two sets of suspension already after having apologized for the gesture he had with the Argentine player. “I don’t even see myself in this kind of attitude and I have already apologized directly to Pablo Álvarez, who is a professional colleague who deserves all my respect. In this sense, I cannot help but apologize to Sporting, to the fans and, in essence, to the world of sport for my lack of consideration yesterday. [sábado] which, in no case, is justified. Everyone has a bad day in their life and yesterday was mine.
In addition to Magalhães, Paulo Freitas, Sporting coach, will not be able to count on two more players for the next matches: Ferran Font, suspended for three matches, and João Souto, for two. On Benfica’s side, Nuno Resende, coach of the Reds, cannot count on goalkeeper Pedro Henriques (three games) and Edu Lamas (two). Ângelo Girão and Lucas Órdoñez, who also starred in more intense matches in the last derby at the Pavilhão da Luz, were not sanctioned and are options for both sets.
It should be added that, during the match but outside the venue, supporters of the two teams got into clashes after the arrival of a group of 20 Verdiblancos elements (without entry), between throwing bottles and stones that also injured an agent authority and also caused damage to a police vehicle. At least four supporters were identified that same Saturday night.
“The Portuguese Skating Federation expresses great concern, and rejection, for the behavior that occurred yesterday [sábado], in the 2nd match of the semifinal of the 1st Division National Championship between Benfica and Sporting. The negative exacerbation experienced by sport in Portugal forces a serious and urgent reflection on the way of being in sport in Portugal, for the good of sport,” the body wrote in a statement issued after the derby at the Pabellón de la Luz.
“The Portuguese Skating Federation cannot ignore situations like the ones that occurred in game 2 of the Championship semifinal. Impunity has prevailed for too long for some agents in this modality. It all started with a clear attack by Ferran Font, in the first half, against our goalkeeper Pedro Henriques, and ended with a job by João Souto in the belly of Lucas Ordoñez – moments before he had already been the target of a helmet with his helmet by repeat offender Ângelo Girão– and with a punch from Henrique Magalhães to Pablo Álvarez. These reprehensible behaviors of the athletes of the Sporting Clube de Portugal must be punished, severely and exemplarily. And now. The Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Skating Federation has the floor”, wrote Benfica in the statement. Newsletter daily.
“We left everything on the track. Although limited we managed to discuss the result until the end. The guardianship cannot tolerate embarrassing scenes! We will respond on the track on 07/06 and we will appeal to the presence of our public. Fuerza Sporting!” Gilberto Borges, director of Leonine roller hockey, wrote on social networks. “We do not ask for the decriminalization of our people. But we want those who attacked to be duly sanctioned,” added Miguel Braga, Sporting’s communication director.
We are not asking for the decriminalization of what is ours. But we want those who attacked to be duly punished. pic.twitter.com/so1BhhBVII
– Miguel Braga (@MrBraga8) June 7, 2022
Source: Observadora
