After four years, “Central do Apito”, a segment of Rede Globo, comes to an end and the broadcaster dismisses Sandro Meira Ricci and Fernanda Colombo, a couple of former referees
This Tuesday, the 21st, the TV Globo decided to end theWhistle Center”, a scene in which he discussed controversial bids with the command of former referees. Therefore, Sandro MeiraRicci It is Fernanda Colomboa couple who have already been blowing whistles inside the fields and were commentators for the broadcaster, were dismissed.
The framework was created in 2018, giving space for arbitration specialists to give their opinion on controversial moves in football games. Among the former arbitrators hired, the only remaining will be Paulo Cesarof Oliveirawhich will feature and appear in other segments of TV Globo’s sports broadcasts.
Second @bielvaquer, Globo will do away with “Central do Apito”. Thus, the broadcaster will no longer have former referees on football broadcasts. Sandro Meira Ricci and Fernanda Colombo were dismissed by the broadcaster.
The decision was taken by the rejection of Central and the presence of VAR. pic.twitter.com/YhEwnGEmgD— ⚽ (@DoentesPFutebol) March 21, 2023
However, the broadcaster did not end the picture instantly and gave an explanation for the movement. “In recent years, with the implementation and consolidation of the video assistant referee (VAR), refereeing issues have been receiving a different type of treatment and the VAR has been offering answers to questions raised during games”he wrote.
In this sense, transmissions would not need to rely on the frame. “Faced with this new scenario, the Central do Apito ceases to exist during football broadcasts. Arbitration analyzes will be carried out, when necessary, in the content of sports programs”reported TV Globo.
Sandro Meira Ricci, who refereed in three World Cups, had been at the station since 2018 and was one of the “founders”, so to speak, of “Central do Apito”. His wife and former arbitration assistant, Fernanda Colombo, arrived at Rede Globo in 2021, replacing the commentator Nadine Bastoswhich is in SBT.
Source: sportbuzz
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