Grêmio director steps in for Mano, slams refereeing decisions | OneFootball

On Saturday night, after Grêmio's controversial defeat to Red Bull Bragantino, the club's football director, Guto Peixoto, took over the press conference in place of coach Mano Menezes to lash out at the refereeing. According to him, the CBF should create a relegation system for referees.

“We’re going to have to go to the CBF again. We’ve already gone once, twice, and we’ll have to go again, so there can be balance in the referee assignments. I’m not even asking for more balance on the field. I want them to assign balanced referees, who officiate well. And there are many, not just a few. But why is it that in our games, they send someone who was suspended for five months? Now they send a kid who, sorry, should be refereeing the under-17s. The CBF should implement relegation for referees, every year relegate four and promote four,” he fired.

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The team from Rio Grande do Sul protested against two incidents: the sending off of Walter Kannemann in the 43rd minute of the first half, and the penalty that led to Red Bull Bragantino’s winning goal, awarded after the ball hit Marlon’s hand in stoppage time.

Guto came to the defense of Grêmio’s full-back, who left the field saying “robbery.”

“I didn’t use the word robbery. Defending the players, when they leave the field after refereeing like today’s, we have to understand: he’s not the culprit, he’s not the defendant — the defendant is someone else. He was a consequence, he acted to defend himself. So, first of all, let’s absolve Marlon. I, again, didn’t talk about stealing. I said I don’t want to make insinuations. Sometimes you might even think that, because there are so many things, but I didn’t go that far,” he concluded.

With the setback, Grêmio remained on 33 points, in 11th place. The team led by Mano Menezes returns to the pitch on the 16th, after the FIFA break. The team faces São Paulo at 7pm in Porto Alegre, for the 28th round of the Brasileirão.

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