Former Brazilian referee, Arnaldo Cezar Coelho, criticized FIFA for putting Wilton Pereira in England and France and commented on chances of being in the grand final
The famous former referee and commentator Arnaldo Cezar Coelho talked about the performances of Wilton Pereira Sampaioin the World Cup and the chance for the Brazilian to referee the grand final. Despite having praised the professional, Arnaldo criticized his lineup in the game between England and France and he was not very optimistic about his possible participation in the decision.
🇧🇷Wilton’s game (England vs. France) was very difficult. Quite different from the game I played between Europeans in the 1982 World Cup, when I refereed England x Germany. It wasn’t a knockout, knockouts have a lot of pressure. The committee was completely wrong to choose him, and nobody said anything. They put him there, if he’s bad they sacrifice him and send him home“, he said in an interview with “UOL Esporte”.
From Serie B to a World Cup final? 🇧🇷
Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio is still in Qatar and can whistle the World Cup decision.
His last match in Brazil was also a championship decision, as both Vasco and Ituano had chances of accession. #90minNaCopapic.twitter.com/7PsKxagUMA
— 90min Brasil (@90minbrasil) December 12, 2022
In addition to the criticism of the commission, which the former professional said was lost, he also praised Wilton’s performance in his four games so far. With praise for the top three, which took place two in the group stage and one in the round of 16, the highest pressure game in the quarterfinals ended up leaving their chances of refereeing the final “remote”.
🇧🇷Wilton did well in the first three games they refereed. In the fourth, he had more difficulty because he made a mistake in applying the criteria. He chose to let play, but he has to let play when players want to play. By not refereeing small fouls that are marked in Brazilian football, he stopped refereeing hard fouls that actually happened. He ran a lot the whole game, but he didn’t get into good positions. The chance of the Brazilian refereeing the final is very remote. They put him on fire, it was unfortunate and the game didn’t help. It was a bad choice by the arbitration commission, the referee should be preserved“, he completed.
Arnaldo Cezar Coelho is one of the main referees in the history of Brazilian football, having refereed the final of the 1982 World Cup, between Italy and Germany (Occidental), won by the Italians by 3 to 1. After retiring, he worked at TV Globo for many years, being one of the pioneers of the profession of arbitration commentator, now common throughout the country.
Source: sportbuzz
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