São Paulo v Mirassol ref again at centre of Paulistão controversy | OneFootball

If São Paulo has many internal problems and a squad going through a highly turbulent phase this season, it also has to worry about the refereeing assigned to its matches.

The referee for the Tricolor’s next Brasileirão game, against Mirassol this Sunday (19), was defined in a public hearing held on the afternoon of Friday (17) at Granja Comary, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). And his past with São Paulo is not pleasant at all.

Matheus Delgado Candançan, a 27-year-old from São Paulo state, was appointed by the CBF committee to officiate the match to be played in the countryside. He was responsible for huge outrage from the Tricolor during last year’s 2024 Paulista Championship, after making errors in the derby against Palmeiras.

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

RECALL ALL THE CONTROVERSY

The incidents most complained about by São Paulo at the time were the non-expulsion of midfielder Richard Ríos for a reckless foul on Pablo Maia, and also the non-awarding of a penalty on Luciano at the end of the match. The club also contested the penalty called on its goalkeeper Rafael for a foul on rival Murilo, in the March 3 duel, still in the 1st phase of the Paulista Championship.

Subsequently, the FPF (São Paulo State Football Federation) sent a document acknowledging the refereeing team’s errors in the first two contested incidents raised by the Tricolor.

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

The confusion sparked immense outrage among Tricolor supporters at Morumbi, where players and officials protested fiercely and had to be restrained by police in the locker rooms. Check out president Julio Casares’s shouts below:

All the protests and insults were recorded by referee Candançan in the scoresheet of last year’s Choque-Rei, as can be seen below.

“I inform that at the end of the match the refereeing team was intercepted in the tunnel that gives access to the referees’ locker room by several São Paulo FC officials and players (Not listed). The following words were uttered by 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 won’t be at peace, wretches, Abel refereed the game today.’”

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

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

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