😳 Brasileirão Feminino derby delayed for an unusual reason 🎥 | OneFootball

The athletes of Botafogo and Flamengo were already prepared to take the field at Nilton Santos on the evening of this Friday (13th).

It's the day of the Carioca classic for the third round of the Women's Brasileirão - see the result below.

However, there was a "detail": members of the refereeing team were missing, which prevented the match from starting at the scheduled time: 7 PM (Brasília time).

Assistant referee number 2, Juliana Martins Gomes, and the fourth referee, Jenifer Alves de Freitas, couldn't arrive on time due to traffic in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

And the notification of this issue only occurred four minutes before the scheduled start time of the match.

The solution found by the CBF was to call in assistant Beatriz Geraldini and fourth referee Rodrigo Carvalhaes de Miranda, who took on the role of linesman.

There was a 25-minute delay before the game started at Niltão.

The Gloriosas took the lead with Rebeca.

And Layza leveled the score in the final stage.

Flamengo reached seven points. They took the lead, albeit temporarily.

Meanwhile, Botafogo reached four points, moving up to eighth place.

Check the updated standings here.

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