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Rubro-Negro Fans Were ‘Upset’ with Referee Paulo César Zanovelli da Silva

Flamengo and Grêmio drew 1-1 this Sunday (31), at Maracanã, in the 22nd round of the Brasileirão. In addition to the result, Mengão left the stadium ‘upset’ with referee Paulo César Zanovelli da Silva. After the match, coach Filipe Luís even harshly criticized Brazilian football refereeing and ‘demanded’ action from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

— The players talk to the referee, but they’re so focused on winning. It’s not their job to go there and argue with the ref, to keep complaining all the time. The one who has to do his job is the referee, to call what needs to be called. What I would like is for them to have the referee watch a game and correct what he does too. That he would watch the game, the things they get wrong — he said, before concluding:

— I really doubt they do that. The mistakes keep happening, the criteria don’t get corrected, the game gets choppy, boring, 500 thousand fouls that aren’t even fouls. Zero criteria. That really disappoints me, because what we want most is this: not to worry about the referee. Just to think about the game itself — concluded Filipe Luís.

How Was the Refereeing Performance?

Flamengo did not approve of referee Paulo César’s performance this Sunday (31). In several moments, the referee made questionable decisions regarding fouls that should have favored Mengão. Additionally, Zanovelli wrongly punished Léo Ortiz with a yellow card, leaving the defender suspended for Flamengo’s next game in the Brasileirão.

On that occasion, Léo Ortiz received a yellow card at the 44th minute of the first half, after a ‘made-up’ foul by the referee. That’s because the number 3 slid for the ball and dispossessed the Grêmio player, but the referee saw an irregularity in the play and punished the rubro-negro defender, who already had two accumulated warnings in the league.

When Is Flamengo’s Next Game?

Without Léo Ortiz, Flamengo returns to the field for the Campeonato Brasileiro only on September 14 (Sunday). On that occasion, Filipe Luís’s team will face Juventude, at 4pm (Brasília time), at Alfredo Jaconi, for the 23rd round of the tournament. As usual, Coluna do Fla will bring all the details of the match through YouTube, the website, and social media.

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