Bragantino defender's sexist comment about referee after cup exit | OneFootball

This Saturday, Red Bull Bragantino lost to São Paulo 2-1 in a match valid for the quarterfinals of the Campeonato Paulista and said goodbye to the competition. The scorer for the home team, Gustavo Marques, strongly criticized referee Daiane Muniz with a sexist statement: “You can’t put a woman to referee a game of this magnitude.”

“Because it’s no use for us to play against São Paulo, Palmeiras, Corinthians, and then they put a woman to referee a game of this size. I don’t think she was honest with what she did. I think São Paulo, all the credit for their jersey, for their tradition, but I think she favored them, because Red Bull is big, but for her São Paulo was bigger,” the defender began.

“So, I think this game also comes down to her criteria, because she wasn’t a woman. We work every day, we leave our families at home, sisters, fathers, mothers, wives, everyone, for her to come and end our dream. It was our dream to reach the semifinals, but she ended our game,” he continued.

Bragantino even found themselves two goals down in the match. In the 27th minute, Gustavo Marques pulled one back with a header. In the final minutes, Juninho Capixaba fell inside the box and the Bragantino squad protested heavily for a penalty, but the referee did not award it. The decision drew a lot of criticism from the Massa Bruta defender.

“I think the Paulista Federation has to look at games of this size and not put a woman in charge. All respect to women around the world, I am married, I have my mother. So, sorry if I’m saying something to women, but she, for her size, I don’t think she has the capacity to referee a game like this. She made mistakes from the moment the game started. São Paulo started to slow the game down and she only said that Cleiton was holding it up, she didn’t have the same criteria for both teams,” Gustavo Marques concluded.

Defender apologizes and Bragantino reinforces

“I’m here once again to ask forgiveness from all the women in the world and in Brazil. I said things I shouldn’t have to Daiane. I went to her dressing room and apologized to her and her assistant. I feel bad, sad. My wife has already scolded me, my mother has already scolded me. She accepted my apology. She told me to be careful, because there are women who will not accept what I said. She saw that I was sad, bitter,” said Gustavo Marques.

In a note published on social media, Red Bull Bragantino reinforced the apology and condemned the attacks made by the player after the final whistle in Massa Bruta’s defeat to São Paulo.

“Red Bull Bragantino publicly reinforces its apology to all women and, especially, to referee Daiane Muniz. The club does not condone and repudiates the sexist remarks made by defender Gustavo Marques after the match,” the club wrote in part of the statement.

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