Rafinha charged by STJD after abusing ref in São Paulo loss to Grêmio | OneFootball

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) has charged Rafinha, São Paulo’s football executive, over insults directed at referee André Luiz Policarpo Bento. The incident took place after the São Paulo side’s 2-1 defeat to Grêmio in Porto Alegre (RS) in the Brazilian Championship last Saturday (8).

According to the report recorded in the official match report, the Tricolor official approached the refereeing team in the tunnel leading to the stadium’s locker rooms to question the failure to use the video assistant referee (VAR) in an incident involving forward Luciano. In the document, the referee said he was cursed at by the executive during the exchange.

“Come on, André. You had a great game, you should have gone to the VAR to review Luciano’s play. F*** you, you b... It’s me talking, this f***ing VAR,” Rafinha said, according to the referee’s report. Watch the video below.

Possible punishments

Rafinha was charged under Article 258 of the Brazilian Code of Sports Justice (CBJD), which provides punishment for anyone who “engages in any conduct contrary to sporting discipline or ethics not covered by the other rules of this Code.” If convicted, the penalty can range from 15 to 180 days of suspension.

The case is scheduled to be heard this Thursday (13), as first reported by the Globo Esporte website. If the punishment is upheld by the court, the official will be barred from accompanying São Paulo delegations in the exercise of his official duties at stadiums.

São Paulo’s next Brazilian Championship match is this Saturday at 9 p.m. (Brasília time) against Coritiba at Morumbi Stadium.

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