The controversial match between Sporting and Santa Clara (4-2) did not go unnoticed by the international sports press. In addition to Spain’s AS, the complaints from Benfica and FC Porto also reached France’s L’Équipe and Italy’s Sky Sport.
“FC Porto and Benfica denounce a scandal and accuse Sporting of being favored by refereeing,” reads the headline of the L’Équipe article, which brings together the “X” posts from the Lions’ rivals in the title race.
Sky Sport, meanwhile, speaks of an “infernal climate in Portugal” and “unprecedented controversy,” likewise compiling criticism from the Eagles and the Dragons of the refereeing in the match that ended with Sporting’s victory over the island club.