Referee for São Paulo v Chapecoense dropped before for errors | OneFootball

The referee for São Paulo's next game against Chapecoense in the 5th round of the Brasileirão was announced by the CBF at its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), during a public hearing held this Monday (9).

The person in charge of the whistle will be the Paraná native Lucas Casagrande, who was once suspended by the CBF for a gross error at the end of 2025 and already has several controversies in his career, despite being young at only 25 years old.

As is customarily informed by the CBF, the selection of referees is determined by considering the stages of the competition, the importance and degree of complexity of each match, and the qualification, physical conditioning, and technical performance of the referees.

Casagrande drew negative attention in the match between Grêmio and Bragantino in the 2025 Brasileirão. The team from Rio Grande do Sul complained a lot about the expulsion of defender Kannemann still in the 1st half and the penalty that decided the victory for São Paulo by 1-0 in the match.

After the errors, the CBF's Refereeing Commission decided to suspend the referees and VAR operators who participated in the match valid for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship for the famous retraining.

OTHER CONTROVERSIES

Before that, still last year, Lucas Casagrande was at the center of controversy in the match between América-RN and Treze, for Série D. The 1-1 draw caused outrage in the Potiguar team, which criticized the referee's performance.

“I want to express my repudiation of the refereeing and ask Wilson Seneme, president of the CBF's refereeing commission, to pay attention to all the series of the Brazilian Championship,” criticized América-RN's football executive, Marcelo Sant’Ana. He also called Casagrande's performance “disastrous,” highlighting errors in important plays, such as the penalty missed by Souza.

Later, at the end of the 2025 season, the referee was criticized in the first decision of the FPF Cup, won by Azuriz over Cianorte by 1-0. The defeated team complained about two unawarded penalties in their favor and the opponent's goal, after an alleged handball.

Gradually being reintegrated into major national football games, the young Lucas Casagrande was present in only one match of this Brasileirão, and as the fourth referee, in Corinthians 1 x 2 Bahia, still in the 1st round of the competition. In 2025 he officiated the Tricolor's 2-0 victory over Atlético-MG in the national championship,

São Paulo will host Chapecoense at the Canindé stadium, at 8 pm (Brasília time) this Thursday (12), for the 5th round of the Brazilian Championship. Tricolor is the runner-up, with the same 10 points as the leader Palmeiras.

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