In the match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Boavista Futebol Clube, held on 26 January 2021, the player received his 5th yellow card in the competition. However, according to the player, his colleagues and the technical team of Sporting Clube de Portugal, the throw was not compatible with a yellow card. It should be noted that the referee’s action was immediately contested in the middle of the game.
However, and because it was a yellow card, even if the referee would recognize that he had wrongly showed, it could not have been withdrawn in the context of the game since the action does not admit the intervention of VAR.
Accordingly, the Disciplinary Regulations for Competitions Organized by the Portuguese League...
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