Oh no! São Paulo v Santos gets ref who erred against Tricolor recently | OneFootball

The postponed clássico between São Paulo and Santos in the 21st round of the Brasileirão, which takes place this Friday (2), has already had its head referee announced by the CBF.

Through a public hearing held at its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), the Confederation appointed São Paulo native Matheus Delgado Candançan, who brings bad memories for Tricolor fans, as the referee in charge of the San-São clássico at Morumbi. He will be assisted by Alex Ang Ribeiro (SP) and Fernanda Kruger (MT).

As the CBF usually states, the selection of referees is defined by taking into account the stages of the competition, the importance and degree of complexity of each match, and the referees’ qualifications, physical condition, and technical performance.

This season, Candançan has officiated two Tricolor matches, both in the Paulista Championship, and both ended in defeats. The first was in the state tournament opener, when Mirassol won 3-0, and shortly afterward he was also the referee for Palmeiras 3-1 São Paulo, also in the first phase of the competition.

But those were not the matches that sent shivers through São Paulo fans. Matheus Candançan was responsible for immense outrage from Tricolor during the 2024 Paulista Championship after making admitted mistakes in the clássico against Palmeiras.

Recall the controversy

The plays most disputed by São Paulo on that occasion were the failure to send off defensive midfielder Richard Ríos for a reckless foul on Pablo Maia, and also the failure to award a penalty on Luciano late in the match. The club also challenged the penalty given against its goalkeeper Rafael for a foul on rival player Murilo in the March 3 match, still in the first phase of the Paulista Championship.

Later, the FPF (Paulista Football Federation) sent a document acknowledging the refereeing team’s mistakes in the first two incidents contested by Tricolor.

“Regarding the possible sending-off of Ríos: the affiliated club is right. Player 27, Richard Ríos Montoya, from the visiting team, could and should have received a red card for serious foul play. Regarding the penalty on Luciano: the affiliated club is right. The fact is that there is evidence of contact from behind that impeded the forward’s movement, therefore a careless foul was committed by the defender inside the box. The technical decision is to award the penalty without the need for disciplinary punishment,” the FPF said at the time.

The incident sparked huge outrage among Tricolor fans at Morumbi, where players and club officials protested fiercely and had to be restrained by police in the locker-room area. The entire protest and insults were reported by referee Candançan in the match report for the Choque-Rei two years ago, as can be seen below.

“I report that at the end of the match the refereeing team was intercepted in the tunnel leading to the referees’ locker room by several São Paulo FC officials and players (not listed for the match). The following words were spoken by the officials Fernando Bracalle Ambrogi, Carlos Belmonte Sobrinho, Julio César Casares: ‘bastards, what kind of penalty was that, shameless, sons of bitches, go fuck yourself, you will not know peace, scumbags, Abel refereed the match today’.”

“The players not listed for the match were also identified, Mr. Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza (Rafinha), saying the following words against the refereeing team: ‘Go fuck yourself, how can you give a penalty like that, bastard, you’ll never referee here again’, and Mr. Wellington Soares da Silva (Rato), saying the following words against the refereeing team: ‘bastard, go fuck yourself, son of a bitch’. I also report that intervention by the local police with shields was necessary to remove the above-mentioned people,” reported Matheus Delgado Candançan.

São Paulo then called for punishment and suspension of the referee by the FPF after the admitted mistakes, but was ignored, as the Federation assigned him to a match in the following round of the Paulista Championship.

Referee for São Paulo vs. Cruzeiro also confirmed

The CBF combined two São Paulo rounds into a single announcement. The entity also reported that the controversial referee from Goiás, Wilton Pereira Sampaio, will officiate the team’s match against Cruzeiro, in the 29th round of the Brasileirão, only on October 7. Recall here the collection of mistakes made by the referee against Tricolor.

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