The gaffe-maker: why Crespo call at Morumbi wasn't São Paulo's fault | OneFootball

As if coach Roger Machado’s situation at São Paulo were not already extremely complicated, a major mistake that occurred at Morumbi on Tuesday night (14), shortly before the team’s Copa Sudamericana victory, made things even worse for the new manager.

Before the ball started rolling, when Tricolor’s lineup was being announced, the stadium’s LED rings showed the name and photo of Hernán Crespo as the coach of the Brazilian team.

As is known, Crespo was surprisingly dismissed by the club at the beginning of March and was eventually replaced by Roger Machado, whose name was once again booed by the small crowd present at São Paulo’s home ground.

However, later on Tuesday night, Arena Henko, the company responsible for operating the LEDs, took responsibility for the mistake in an official statement.

“We inform you that the failure that occurred today (Tuesday) was due to an internal technical and operational issue at Henko Produções. Restarting the operating system led to the display of outdated data.”

“We take full responsibility for what happened and apologize to the club and the fans. We are working to ensure that the experience is always flawless,” the company said.

Check out the full official statement:

“Good evening, everyone,

Shortly before the lineup announcement, the notebook used in the press box began updating and restarted.

After the reboot, the last lineup that remained saved was coach Crespo’s. When the information was entered, an error occurred in selecting the coach’s name, precisely because the previous lineups had not been deleted — since the data is entered manually and sequentially.

We emphasize that responsibility for publishing the lineup is entirely ours, with no involvement from the club in this process. We are already taking the appropriate measures.

In light of what happened, we publicly apologize and clarify the facts with total transparency

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