CBF names new referee for Flamengo v Botafogo in Brasileirão | OneFootball

Who will be the referee for the Flamengo vs Botafogo match in the Brasileirão?

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has appointed the referee for the classic between Flamengo and Botafogo this Wednesday (15), for the Brasileirão. Thus, the organization chose referee Alex Stefano, from the Rio de Janeiro Federation, to officiate the match at Engenhão.

For the 28th round of the Brasileirão, the CBF changed the criteria for referee assignments. According to information from Sávio Spindola, the idea of the highest authority in Brazilian football was to use local professionals in order to avoid overworking neutral referees in upcoming assignments.

Therefore, in addition to Alex Stefano, the assistant referees and VAR officials should also be composed of professionals from the Carioca Federation. So far, however, the rest of the officiating crew has not yet been announced.

HOW IS FLAMENGO PREPARING FOR THE MATCH AGAINST BOTAFOGO?

For this Wednesday’s (15) match, Flamengo has some uncertainties, mainly due to the synthetic pitch. As a result, players like De La Cruz and Allan, for example, may be left out of the classic.

In addition, coach Filipe Luís is still facing a dilemma regarding the presence of Saúl Ñíguez and Erick Pulgar. The final decision will be made after Tuesday’s (14) training session at CT Ninho do Urubu.

WHAT ABOUT BOTAFOGO?

Botafogo will have some absences for the classic against Flamengo. Starting with midfielders Newton and Danilo, who are serving an automatic suspension and recovering from injury, respectively.

Montoro is also a confirmed absence, as he suffered a fracture in his right shoulder while playing for Argentina’s U-20 team. Finally, Vitinho is a doubt, as there is uncertainty whether the full-back will be able to arrive in time after playing for the Brazilian National Team, which has a match in Japan’s time zone on Tuesday (14).

WHEN IS THE FLAMENGO VS BOTAFOGO MATCH?

The match between Flamengo and Botafogo takes place at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) this Wednesday (15), at Engenhão. Thus, Coluna do Fla TV will provide details of the match on YouTube. Finally, the match will be broadcast on Premiere, via pay-per-view.

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