Artur Soares Dias, the Benfica-FC Porto (1-2) referee, considered at the end of the match that “football won”, in a derby in which “the most relevant was the spectacle and the players, regardless of any lapse that some might want to find.”
“They might not believe it and have difficulties understanding it… There’s no better feeling when you finish the 25th derby/clad and feel that football won. lapse that some may want to find. Thank you, team! I’m lucky! The next ones will come”, said the referee on Facebook after the match.
