Lúcio Correia, professor of sports law, explains what can happen after Matheus Reis’s stroke on Andrea Belotti’s head during the Portuguese Cup final between Benfica and Sporting.
Concerned is a bid in which involves Matheus Reis and Andrea Belotti. Sporting’s defense hit the head of Benfica’s athlete, but the referees were not missing, which caused e as well as a .
Lúcio Correia, a teacher of sports law, explains what Matheus Reis and the referees of the match can happen, including VAR. At the moment, the decisions of the Discipline Council of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and the Public Prosecution Service, which may be different.
“Sports responsibility has nothing to do with criminal liability. That is, the sports council may decide that there is an offense to serious physical integrity and the MP does not reach this conclusion within the crime process, even if the sports process often follows the line of criminal proceedings,” says Lúcio Correia.
Starting from the assumption that this is an aggression, Matheus Reis can catch between 10 to 12 punishment games.
The sports law teacher also states that Sporting SAD “should have had a more ethical position” on the subject.
“Here we stepped on the head”
During the title party, Matheus Reis will have referred to the provocative bid. “Here we stepped on the head”said the Brazilian defense, in a video published on Sporting’s social networks and in the meantime.
From the controversy, the player has made a single public pronouncement through social networks, without any mention of the episode with Belotti or the statements made at the Sporting party.
