📹 Grêmio launches national campaign to improve refereeing standards | OneFootball

Round 27 of the Brasileirão ended last Sunday (5), but controversies with the refereeing in various games continue to stir up the backstage of football in the country.

In an official statement, Grêmio - who complains about the penalty call that secured RB Bragantino's 1 x 0 victory - started a national movement for the qualification of refereeing in Brazil.

In the document, the Tricolor Gaúcho stated that the goal of the campaign is "to reduce the margin of error, preserve the integrity of the competitions and value Brazilian football".

Furthermore, Grêmio revealed that Luis Vagner Vivian, the club's football executive, is in Rio de Janeiro to propose to the CBF Refereeing Commission "measures for the qualification of national refereeing".

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📜 Read Grêmio's note in full

"OFFICIAL NOTE

Grêmio denounces 15 serious refereeing errors in 2025 and proposes actions for the qualification of the sector

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense comes to the public to express its indignation with the sequence of serious refereeing errors that have directly harmed the Club in national competitions throughout the 2025 season.

Only this year, Grêmio recorded 15 significant mistakes, duly documented, that influenced match results and caused sports, economic and institutional impacts.

The most recent episode occurred last Saturday, October 4, in Bragança Paulista, during the confrontation against Red Bull Bragantino. On that occasion, two determining errors — widely recognized by analysts, fans and the sports community itself — altered the match result. The Club's revolt was publicly expressed by athletes, directors and fans, including on Grêmio's official social networks.

In view of this scenario, the Club communicates the following measures:

1.⁠ ⁠Grêmio requested, through a letter sent to the Department of Competitions (DCO) of the CBF, the annulment of the cards applied to the athletes Walter Kannemann (red) and Marlon (yellow) in the match against Bragantino.

2.⁠ ⁠The Club will adopt all applicable legal measures to prevent its athletes and Grêmio from being doubly punished — first, by the error on the field, and then, by the subsequent suspension in the next match.

3.⁠ ⁠Grêmio will transform its indignation into a national movement for the qualification of refereeing, with the aim of reducing the margin of error, preserving the integrity of the competitions and valuing Brazilian football.

4.⁠ ⁠The football executive, Luis Vagner Vivian, is in Rio de Janeiro to address the mistakes made and propose to the CBF Refereeing Commission measures for the qualification of national refereeing. A similar initiative had already been carried out in May of this year, in an action led by president Alberto Guerra and technical coordinator Luiz Felipe Scolari.

5.⁠ ⁠Other complementary actions are being evaluated and will be disclosed in due course.

Grêmio reaffirms its commitment to ethics, sports justice and transparency, defending not only the interests of the Club, but also the qualification of refereeing and the credibility of Brazilian football.

Porto Alegre, October 6, 2025

Alberto Guerra

President – Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense"

After the official note, Grêmio posted a video with the disputed plays. In the caption, the Gaúcho club states: "We need urgent changes, not only for Grêmio, but for all Brazilian football".

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