Flamengo to appeal Plata red card after CONMEBOL calls it unfair | OneFootball

Flamengo exploded against the refereeing team in the match against Estudiantes de La Plata, especially after the expulsion of Gonzalo Plata. For this reason, and based on a previous incident that occurred at La Bombonera, they will request the annulment of the red card.

The ‘Mengao’ was further supported by the official CONMEBOL audio, which described the expulsion as “unjust”, noting that VAR could not intervene since it was a second yellow card and not a direct red.

Given this situation and understanding that the red card for the Ecuadorian winger was “unjust,” Flamengo will ask the Confederation to “carefully analyze what happened” and will request amnesty for the second leg at UNO.

“For us, they turned a penalty into the expulsion of one of our players. I find it scandalous, shameful that in South America’s top competition we continue to see things like this,” said Jorge Boso, executive director of football at CONMEBOL.

In the coming hours, the Rio de Janeiro club is expected to issue an official statement elevating the complaint to the headquarters of South American football, requesting a review and annulment of the red card so that Gonzalo Plata can take part in the second leg at UNO.

The most recent case Flamengo cites to request amnesty

In addition to recalling the amnesty granted to Leandro Romagnoli in the 2014 Libertadores, ‘Mengao’ also referred to the Boca-Cruzeiro match in 2018, in which Dedé was acquitted and allowed to play the second leg despite receiving a direct red card at La Bombonera.

The day after the match and the Brazilian’s expulsion, then Cruzeiro president Wagner Pires de Sá went to CONMEBOL headquarters to request the annulment of Dedé’s automatic suspension. The CBF also sent a letter with the same request.

The CONMEBOL Refereeing Commission, then chaired by Brazilian Wilson Seneme, sent a message to referees warning that accidental head clashes cannot be considered as serious foul play, granted amnesty, and the defender played the second leg.

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