Anderson Barros reads rule on Palmeiras disallowed goal: ‘Unacceptable’

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·10 May 2026

Anderson Barros reads rule on Palmeiras disallowed goal: ‘Unacceptable’

Football director Anderson Barros disagreed with the disallowed Bruno Fuchs goal in the final minutes of Palmeiras’ 1-1 draw with Remo. The director gave a press conference after the match at Mangueirão stadium in Belém.

The executive said the handball rule states that accidental touches by another attacking player — not the one who scores the goal — are valid. In the play, the ball hit Flaco López’s hand during a challenge inside the box and fell to Bruno Fuchs to finish. The goal was awarded on the field and then disallowed with the help of VAR.

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He read the rule during the press conference.

– Today I wanted you to have a minute so you could judge it. The goal is valid. “If the ball accidentally touches the hand or arm of an attacking player and then a teammate scores the goal, the goal stands. The goal is disallowed if the same player scores it. When the goal is valid: an accidental touch at the beginning of the move is not an offense if it falls to another player” — he said, while reading the rule.

Anderson said Verdão came away harmed and tried to determine who should bear responsibility for the two points lost in Belém.

– It would have been two more points for Palmeiras. Whose responsibility will that be? We can no longer allow this. It is the responsibility of the CBF, of Rodrigo Cintra, of Péricles Bassols. We cannot keep making this kind of mistake. How are we going to recover that? It’s a delicate situation. – The refereeing today, the VAR, made a blatant mistake and harmed Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras.

He also recalled that Verdão recently suffered punishments from the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) over Abel Ferreira’s dismissals after he complained about refereeing from the touchline.

– Palmeiras was punished for questioning referees, Abel got a six-match suspension, and the STJD did not maintain that position afterward, granting suspensive effect and reducing penalties for other players.

Anderson, however, did not say whether Palmeiras will make a formal request to the CBF after the goal was disallowed. The board member did say, however, that the club takes part in the regular meetings between the CBF and clubs to discuss refereeing improvements.

– Palmeiras takes part in all the meetings. We have made our approaches and our points. Palmeiras has not been coming out to speak about it. It has been taking on its responsibilities. But today a situation like this is unacceptable. We cannot allow it. We need urgent action.

What now?

Palmeiras now turns its attention to the Copa do Brasil. After beating Jacuipense 3-0 in the first leg at Allianz Parque, Verdão faces the Bahia side in the return leg this Wednesday (13) at 9:30 p.m. Brasília time. The match will be played in Londrina.

In the Brazilian Championship, the next match will be on Saturday (16) against Cruzeiro at Arena Barueri.

With the result, Palmeiras remains top of the table with 34 points from 15 matches — followed by Flamengo with 27, but with two games in hand. Remo is 19th with 12 points.

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