Neymar slams referee over booking in Santos win: “Unfair” | OneFootball

Santos beat Remo 2-0 on Thursday night at Vila Belmiro and climbed the Brazilian Championship standings. Crucial to the victory, attacking midfielder Neymar blasted the match referee, Savio Pereira Sampaio.

Neymar complained about the card he received in the 40th minute of the second half. The No. 10 was shoved in the back by Diego Hernández, got up quickly, and went toward the Remo player to confront him.

The referee decided to show a yellow card to the Peixe star, who was already one booking away from suspension and will therefore miss the team in the next Brasileirão round against Flamengo.

“It’s unfair. I took an unnecessary bad challenge in the back at the end of the game. It wasn’t the first one, it was the third or fourth. I went to complain to him and immediately got booked. Anyway, that’s just how Savio is, right? He woke up in a bad mood and came to the game like that,” Neymar fired in an interview with SporTV.

“You couldn’t even talk to him because he would ignore you, turn his back. He’s the kind of referee who wants to be the center of attention, and he shows a huge lack of respect toward the players. He doesn’t want to talk, doesn’t want any conversation. These things need to improve — he’s the guy in charge of the game, and sometimes we’re going to complain, that’s football. We’re going to question things and he needs to deal with that. If he handles it this way, it becomes very annoying, very disrespectful,” he added.

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Neymar also celebrated the victory that moved Santos out of the relegation zone. He provided an assist and a beautiful pass in the buildup to the play that resulted in Moisés’ goal.

“I’m happy to help my teammates. I’m going to do my job here, and I’m very happy with the three points today — that was the most important thing,” he said.

Standings situation

With the result, Santos ended a run of four matches without a win and jumped to 12th place in the Brasileirão with 10 points. It was also the team’s first victory under coach Cuca.

Santos’ next match

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