The ending of the match between Porto e Arouca, match valid for the fourth day of the Liga Portugal Betclic. At the Estadio do Dragao the final minutes were incredibly tense with goals, protests and penalty shoot-out whistled and then revoked by the referee of the match Miguel Nogueira, all in an injury time that was even longer than extra time.
It all started in the 84th minute, when the guests found themselves with Cristo Gonzalez the 0-1 goal that silences the home crowd. From that moment on, it is an assault on the Arouca goal. Porto demands a series of penalties: at 92' Taremis falls in the area, the referee points to the spot and awards the penalty. The defender's hold is very light, however: a VAR review is needed.
Here the curious episode takes place: Miguel Nogueira goes to the VAR but, instead of viewing the images on the monitor, he starts to talk on the cell phone with the assistants in the room. A long, almost surreal chat: in the end, after a few minutes, the decision is to cancel the penalty. The game goes back to 0-1.
At 102′, while the match continues with a maxi recovery of 17′, more than an extra time, another contact in the area, another penalty kick, this time confirmed. But from 11 meters Galen he is hypnotized by the opposing goalkeeper, who saves and keeps his team ahead by a length.
It seemed over but in the last available minute, the 109th minute, Porto equalised with a winning tap-in in front of goal by evanilson which sets the final result at 1-1. Incredibly, after the match a still image of the action will show an offside position of the attacker, not signaled by the VAR. Therefore endless controversies.
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