After the draw with Corinthians, Fluminense published a note criticizing the refereeing at Maracanã; club asks CBF for “due punishments”
O Fluminense complained about the referee’s performance Paulo Cesar Zanovelliin the match this Thursday, 19, against Corinthians, for the end of the 27th round of the Brasileirão. In a statement, the club asked for the punishment of the refereeing team selected for the game at Maracanã, which ended in a 3-3 draw.
In the statement, Flu classified the arbitration as “disastrous, shameful and biased”. For the club, the penalty Marlon in Ruan Oliveirawhich led to the third black and white goal, did not exist.
Fluminense FC repudiates the disastrous, shameful and biased refereeing conducted by Paulo César Zanovelli in this Thursday’s game at Maracanã. The referee used dubious criteria and directly influenced the result of the match by awarding a non-existent penalty in favor of… pic.twitter.com/r4C1OXna8c
— Fluminense FC (@FluminenseFC) October 20, 2023
The Rio team also cited the possible unmarked penalty in Samuel Xavierin the absence committed by Fábio Santos, in the final part of the confrontation. The Corinthians full-back steps on the Tricolor player. Another point of complaint was the touching of hands Fagner15 minutes into the second half.
“The referee used dubious criteria and directly influenced the result of the match by awarding a non-existent penalty in favor of Corinthians and failing to award two other penalties, these times existing, to Fluminense”, wrote Fluminense.
On the bench, Felipe Melo and Thiago Santos were sent off due to complaints in two different situations. The defender even invaded the field and faced the referee.
Read the full note from Fluminense
“Fluminense FC repudiates the disastrous, shameful and biased refereeing conducted by Paulo César Zanovelli in this Thursday’s game at Maracanã. The referee used dubious criteria and directly influenced the result of the match by awarding a non-existent penalty in favor of Corinthians and failing to award two other penalties, these times existing, to Fluminense. The mistakes made tonight – which provoked revolt among the athletes and the fans – only demonstrate the long road to be covered until the level of refereeing excellence necessary to guarantee a good performance in Brazilian football is reached. Fluminense hopes that the CBF Arbitration Commission will apply the appropriate punishments to the referee panel for this match so that cases like this do not happen again.”
Source: sportbuzz
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