Felipe Melo can be punished after strong criticism of arbitration; understand

This Monday, the 14th, the Association of Football Referees of BrazilThe abrafutsent an infringement notice to the attorney general’s office STJDagainst Felipe Melomidfielder and defender Fluminense. The complaint was made because the player revolted with a decision by the referee of the match against the Guild and published a video weaving various criticisms of the arbitration on his Instagram.

Felipe Melo’s revolt was due to a non-marking of a penalty in a bid over Nino, defender of Fluminense. As the player was suspended for having received the third yellow card, he was watching the match on television in Rio de Janeiro. Among his statements, the veteran said that the referee of the match “had to be arrested”.

“Felipe Melo, regrettably, completely confuses freedom of expression – which is a disagreement of opinion, done in a balanced way and without offense – with a supposed freedom in the use of words to affect the honor and dignity of professionals, accusing them including theftcontained the statement issued by Abrafut.

Abrafut’s request is that Felipe Melo be judged and, consequently, punished for his words against arbitration, especially the Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Limareferee of the match between Fluminense and Grêmio, played in Porto Alegre, valid for the 19th round of the Brasileirão.

In addition to the criticism of Rodrigo, Felipe Melo did not relieve the video referee and also criticized. “Because it’s human to err, that’s fine, but what about VAR!? Where is the VAR!? It’s hard enough to beat Grêmio away from home! Then there’s a very clear penalty and the VAR says nothing happened! It is a steal! This is cowardice! Cowardice! They’re going to do whatever they want to me, let them do it, I won’t stop talking, no! Cowardice! Fluminense was robbed!”shot.