The assistant referee had his flag raised and the referee had already whistled to signify a hold on the match proceedings as he headed to the sidelines to check the situation with the aid of the Video Assistant Referee(VAR).
The Porto players could not help but hope that the decision was in their favor and some of the players were already praying.
On the sidelines, Sergio Conceicao watched the situation with a grim look on his face.
Nothing was going right for the Porto team in this match.
They had taken shot after shot and kept their opponents under pressure for most of the second half, yet they had not been able to find an equalizer, but the opponent had only burst out once and they already had the ball in the back of the net.
He had told his players that he wanted to see in the back of the net before the 70th minute, but this was obviously the wrong net, he rubbed his brow in annoyance, deep in thought.
