Wilton Pereira Sampaio explains Palmeiras red cards vs Flamengo

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·20. Oktober 2025

Wilton Pereira Sampaio explains Palmeiras red cards vs Flamengo

After Palmeiras’ 3–2 defeat to Flamengo at the Maracanã, Palmeiras players and coaching staff clashed with the refereeing. As a consequence, Piquerez and assistant coach João Martins were sent off.

In this regard, referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio reported a “generalized commotion” and justified the dismissals in the match report delivered to the CBF. See below

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João Martins

Straight Red CardReason: V2.8. Other reason (detail in the dismissals field) – Because after the end of the match he went up to the refereeing team, who were near the center circle, in an aggressive manner with his finger pointed and said the following words: “you’re always hurting us, you’ve got it in for Palmeiras.” After the red card was shown, he continued protesting the refereeing, saying: “why did you send me off? it’s my duty to come here and complain.”

Piquerez

Straight Red CardReason: V2.8. Other reason (detail in the dismissals field) – Because after the end of the match he went up to the refereeing team, who were near the center circle, in an aggressive manner with his finger pointed and said the following words: “you’re kidding, you came here just to rob us.” After the red card was shown, he had to be restrained by the police.

The match between Palmeiras and Flamengo was filled with refereeing tensions. Especially in the first half, a penalty awarded to Flamengo with two possible fouls at the start of the move, and a penalty claimed by Palmeiras, generated complaints.

What now?

With the result, Verdão and Flamengo are level in the Brazilian Championship table, both with 61 points from 28 matches played. Palmeiras remain leaders on tiebreakers – 19 wins versus 18.

Palmeiras return to the field in the Brasileirão next Sunday (26) at 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time) against Cruzeiro, at Allianz Parque. The Minas Gerais side are third, five points behind Palmeiras, but with one more game played – 28 versus 29.

Palmeiras’ next matches

LDU vs. Palmeiras – Conmebol Libertadores – 10/23 – 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time)
Palmeiras vs. Cruzeiro – Brazilian Championship – 10/26 – 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time)

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.