Referee: Juventude players said "Let’s go, it’s over" after goal

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·17 de octubre de 2025

Referee: Juventude players said "Let’s go, it’s over" after goal

Fluminense beat Juventude 1-0 on Thursday at the Maracanã in the Brazilian Championship. After the Tricolor’s goal, scored by Thiago Silva in the 52nd minute of the second half, the players of the team from Rio Grande do Sul felt wronged by the refereeing and decided not to resume the match. In the match report, referee Jefferson Ferreira de Moraes detailed what happened.

Given the visiting team’s resistance to accepting the restart of the match, and considering that the regulation time plus the eight minutes of stoppage time had already been fully completed (up to the 53rd minute), I ended the match. I emphasize that, even if the match were not to be ended at that moment, Juventude’s team clearly showed that they would not accept the restart and were already heading to leave the field of play… (Alan and Nenê) addressed their teammates, saying: ‘let’s leave, we will not accept restarting the match, let’s leave, it’s over.’

Juventude’s players disagreed with the awarding of a corner to Fluminense after Jandrei delayed restarting play. On the ensuing play, the Tricolor’s goal came. Despite the complaints, the refereeing got the call right. The match footage shows that the goalkeeper held the ball for 10 seconds, exceeding the allowed time.