CBF shares VAR audio from Cruzeiro v Fluminense controversy: "Accidental"

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·10 November 2025

CBF shares VAR audio from Cruzeiro v Fluminense controversy: "Accidental"

On Monday (10), the CBF released the VAR audio regarding the major refereeing controversy from the last round of the Brazilian Championship, in the 0-0 draw between Cruzeiro and Fluminense at Mineirão on Sunday (9).

The incident in question occurred during the added time of the first half. Matheus Pereira, already booked, elbowed Bernal in the eyebrow. The Uruguayan midfielder left the field bleeding and had to be substituted.

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Referee Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima consulted the VAR and, after reviewing the footage, decided not to penalize the Cruzeiro midfielder.

In the dialogue, you can hear the refereeing team determining that the incident was accidental, even before the on-field referee requested the review of the footage.

CHECK OUT THE REFEREEING TEAM'S DIALOGUE:

This arm… The player (Bernal) is bleeding, look there It was accidental In fact, the player in blue was falling…” I want to see,” requests Rodrigo. All right” He wants to see, show him…” I think his arm (Matheus Pereira) hits the player's face because he is balanced, you see? It's his point of balance. For me, it's neither a yellow card nor a red card, okay?” the main referee decided Okay, make the decision and analyze”

Fluminense returns to the field against Flamengo on November 19, Wednesday, at 9:30 PM, at Maracanã, for the 34th round of the Brasileirão.

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