Damn! São Paulo v Santos gets ref who erred against Tricolor recently | OneFootball

The rescheduled derby between São Paulo and Santos for the 21st round of the Brasileirão, set to take place on October 2, had its main referee announced by the CBF on Tuesday afternoon (22).

Through a public hearing held at its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), the Confederation appointed São Paulo-born referee Matheus Delgado Candançan, who brings back bad memories for Tricolor fans, to officiate the San-São derby at Morumbi.

As the CBF usually states, the selection of referees is determined by taking into account the stages of the competition, the importance and level of complexity of each match, and the referees’ qualifications, physical condition, and technical performance.

This season, Candançan has officiated two Tricolor matches, both in the Paulista Championship and both ending in defeats. The first was in the state league opener, when Mirassol won 3-0, and shortly after he was also in charge of Palmeiras 3-1 São Paulo, also in the first phase of the tournament.

But those were not the matches that sent chills through São Paulo’s fanbase. Matheus Candançan was responsible for immense anger from Tricolor during the 2024 Paulista Championship after making admitted mistakes in the derby against Palmeiras.

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The incidents most complained about by São Paulo at the time were the failure to send off defensive midfielder Richard Ríos for a reckless foul on Pablo Maia, and also the failure to award a penalty on Luciano at the end of the match. The club also disputed the penalty given against its goalkeeper Rafael for a challenge on rival player Murilo in the March 3 match, still in the first phase of the Paulista Championship.

Later, the FPF (Paulista Football Federation) sent a document acknowledging mistakes by the officiating crew in the first two incidents challenged by Tricolor.

“Regarding the possible sending-off of Ríos: the affiliated club is right. Player 27, Richard Ríos Montoya, from the visiting team, could and should have received a red card for serious foul play. Regarding the penalty on Luciano: the affiliated club is right. The fact is that there is clear evidence of contact from behind that hindered the forward’s movement, therefore a careless foul was committed by the defender inside the box. The technical decision is a penalty without the need for disciplinary punishment,” the FPF said at the time.

The uproar sparked immense outrage among Tricolor supporters at Morumbi, where players and club officials protested fiercely and had to be restrained by police in the locker room area. The entire protest and insults were recorded by referee Candançan in the official match report of the Choque-Rei from two years ago, as seen below.

“I report that at the end of the match the officiating crew was intercepted in the tunnel leading to the referees’ locker room by several São Paulo FC officials and players (not listed for the match). The following words were said by officials Fernando Bracalle Ambrogi, Carlos Belmonte Sobrinho, Julio César Casares: ‘crooks, what kind of penalty was that, shameless, sons of bitches, go fuck yourselves, you won’t know peace, bastards, Abel refereed today’s match.’”

“The players not listed for the match Mr. Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza (Rafinha), who said the following words to the officiating crew, were also identified: ‘Go fuck yourself, how can you give a penalty like that, you crook, you’ll never referee here again,’ and Mr. Wellington Soares da Silva (Rato), who said the following words to the officiating crew: ‘crook, go fuck yourself, son of a bitch.’ I further report that intervention by local police with shields was necessary to remove the above-mentioned individuals,” Matheus Delgado Candançan reported.

São Paulo then called for punishment and the referee’s suspension from the FPF after the admitted mistakes, but was ignored, as the Federation assigned him to a match in the following round of the Paulista Championship.

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