Filipe Luís slams ref in Flamengo v Estudiantes: “No more games” | OneFootball

Andres Rojas' refereeing in the duel between Flamengo and Estudiantes this Thursday, for the Libertadores, left the Flamengo side very dissatisfied. Among many plays complained about by the club, the main one is the expulsion of Gonzalo Plata, who received the second yellow card at the end of the second half. In the post-game press conference, coach Filipe Luís slammed the referee, who, according to him, should no longer officiate matches of the Rio team.

"I hope this referee does not officiate the Libertadores anymore from now on and in the future. In our games then? God forbid. Unfortunately, today, the referee wanted to be the protagonist of the game. And when that happens, he referees distracted, does not look at the plays that he has to look at," said the coach.

"You mentioned some plays, but there is Lino's penalty in the first half, fouls for yellow cards, a huge arrogance with our players, and a very large permissiveness with their team. This arrogance of his causes several families to leave here harmed. What I would really like was an apology from him and to acknowledge the error. If he acknowledged it would be all right, but we already know that this will not happen," Filipe said.

Interference from the fourth referee?

Another point raised by Flamengo is that the fourth referee of the match was allegedly interfering in the decisions made by Andres Rojas on the field. In the mixed zone, Bruno Henrique spoke about the case, while Filipe Luís stated he did not see these actions from the referees.

"There was a foul by the right back for a yellow card. A play before, Arrascaeta takes a hit from this player and the fourth referee goes to communicate with their bench saying that the player already had a card and that, next, the referee would yellow card him. This does not exist. There was only criteria for Flamengo, for Estudiantes there was none," Bruno Henrique stated.

"I didn't hear that, honestly. I didn't see it. If that happened, I don't even know what to say, they have to explain themselves. I would really like them to explain how a referee can be so eager to expel a player as he was to expel Plata," Filipe Luis concluded.

PHOTO: GILVAN DE SOUZA / FLAMENGO

The return match between Flamengo and Estudiantes is next Thursday (25), at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), in Argentina.

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