Boto slams refereeing, calls Flamengo red card a joke | OneFootball

Flamengo’s Director of Football, José Boto, lashed out at the refereeing team after Sunday’s derby against Corinthians, which ended in a 1-1 draw at the Neo Química Arena, during the eighth round of the Brazilian Championship. The executive compared one of the incidents to the Supercopa final, which Flamengo lost to Timão, and criticized Evertton Araújo’s sending off.

“They are two great teams, but once again, we couldn’t play 11 against 11 against Corinthians. It’s curious that, in the Supercopa, the same VAR managed to spot an aggression by Carrascal on Bidon after 30 minutes, but today couldn’t see Gabriel Paulista’s aggression on Jorginho. It was a corner kick, the ball wasn’t in play yet, and he did exactly the same thing Carrascal did to Bidon, and VAR couldn’t see it,” he began.

“Then, Evertton’s sending off, which is ridiculous. When you step on the foot, it’s a yellow card, and I even have doubts whether he actually stepped on him and didn’t get the ball first. But let’s say he did step on the foot. It’s a yellow card. VAR calls, and Mr. Rodrigo Pereira upholds the mistake. He’s called by VAR and keeps the mistake. We’re still at the beginning of the year. Let’s see if the CBF and the clubs can meet and at least find a uniform standard,” he continued.

Finally, José Boto made a request to the CBF.

“We would have liked to finish the game 11 against 11, I think it would have been a great show. They didn’t let us do that. I ask the CBF to pay attention and make sure everything is resolved on the field. And so that we don’t have to talk about refereeing, even though people say they don’t talk about refereeing but are always talking about it. Let’s improve the quality of the referees and hope that cases like today’s don’t happen again,” he concluded.

Standings Situation

The result was not positive for either team. Corinthians recorded another draw and dropped to 11th place, remaining with 10 points. Timão also saw their winless streak grow, reaching seven consecutive games without a victory — two losses and five draws in that span. On the other hand, Flamengo, who had the chance to move into second place, reached 14 points and stayed in fourth.

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