👀 Match report shows who took Neymar out, Coritiba poke fun online | OneFootball

The official match report for Santos versus Coritiba this Sunday (17) “pinpointed” who was responsible for the most controversial (and viral) moment of the clash.

Coxa, meanwhile, took advantage of everything that happened in the Brasileirão match to celebrate on social media (see below).

According to the document signed by referee Paulo Cesar Zanovelli da Silva, the instruction for Neymar to come off came from former defensive midfielder César Sampaio, who is an assistant coach for Peixe.

He is said to have contributed to the confusion later “made official” by the fourth official.

Check out below the account included in the document released by the CBF. 

"In the 20th minute, the fourth official of this match, Mr. Bruno Mota Correia, was verbally informed by the assistant coach, Mr. Carlos César Sampaio Campos, that there would be a substitution and that this substitution would be the removal of number 10 for Santos Futebol Clube, Mr. Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, a player who was already off the field of play receiving medical treatment. After receiving the information, the fourth official of this match, with the board in hand, turned toward the Santos Futebol Clube assistant coach and again asked for confirmation of the substitution of the player he had been told about, and received verbal and gestural confirmation from him, while filling out the substitution slip together with the match delegate, Mr. Guilherme Zangari da Rocha, who witnessed and heard the facts reported here."

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Paulo Cesar Zanovelli went on to highlight the action taken by César Sampaio after Robinho Jr. came on.

Neymar was receiving treatment on the sideline and tried to return, but was prevented from doing so precisely because he had already been substituted.

"After the substitution was completed, the same assistant coach handed over the substitution slip with a different number from the one he had previously informed and confirmed. Immediately afterward, the fourth official was approached by Santos’ coaching staff saying that the number was wrong, a fact that differs from what had been verbally and gesturally informed before the board was raised by Mr. Carlos César Sampaio Campos."

At a press conference, coach Cuca mentioned César Sampaio while speaking about the case.

Coritiba holds nothing back

The Neymar factor + the emphatic win over Santos became “ammunition” for Coxa’s social media accounts.

A phrase that became a meme when talking about Neymar’s possible call-up was featured.

Breno Lopes, Santos’ tormentor in the 2020 Libertadores final, was “called up” for the World Cup.

And there was more “teasing” aimed at Neymar.

Coxa got the better of Peixe shortly after being eliminated at Couto Pereira by Neymar & Co. in the Copa do Brasil. 

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

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