Shakhtar Sporting refereeing analysis: Henriques says two penalties were missed

Pedro Henriques' verdict on Shakhtar Donetsk vs Sporting CP is more about the officiating than the scoreline. He says Shakhtar Donetsk were denied a penalty in the 72nd minute when Quaresma came in recklessly on Tobias, while Sporting CP also had a penalty claim rejected earlier in the game. He rated Ivan Kruzliac 4.

The penalty calls

Henriques' criticism starts with the 72nd minute. Quaresma's challenge on Tobias should have brought a penalty for Shakhtar, according to his review, and that is the major call in a game that finished 0-1. Sporting's own appeal did not get a penalty either, so both boxes produced incidents that Henriques felt were mishandled.

The scoreline makes those missed calls harder to ignore, even if the result itself stays the same. Shakhtar finished with 0 goals, Sporting with 1, and the only goal in the match came in the 59th minute for Issa Doumbia with no offside infringement.

The late booking and referee mark

Henriques also said Isaque Silva should have been sent off in stoppage time. At 90+3, he felt the second yellow was due for accumulation, not just another warning, and that pushes the discussion beyond one penalty decision.

His final mark for Kruzliac was 4, which is a harsh assessment by any standard. The officiating in Shakhtar Donetsk vs Sporting CP did not decide the result on its own, but the review says it left too much on the table in both areas of the pitch.