São Paulo v Mirassol: controversial referee returns for clash | OneFootball

The refereeing team for São Paulo’s season debut has already been defined by the Paulista Federation. In the away match against Mirassol this Sunday (11), for the 1st round of the Paulistão, the man with the whistle will be Matheus Delgado Candançan, who brings back terrible memories for Tricolor fans.

The referee will have Evandro de Melo Lima and Rafael Tadeu Alves de Souza as assistants. In the VAR booth, Thiago Duarte Peixoto will be in charge.

Matheus Candançan was responsible for enormous outrage from Tricolor during the 2024 Paulistão, after making mistakes in the derby against Palmeiras.

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The incidents most complained about by São Paulo at the time were the non-expulsion of midfielder Richard Ríos for a reckless foul on Pablo Maia, and also the failure to award a penalty on Luciano at the end of the match. The club also contested the penalty called on their goalkeeper Rafael for a foul on rival Murilo, in the March 3rd match, still during the 1st phase of the Paulistão.

Subsequently, the FPF (Federação Paulista de Futebol) sent a document acknowledging the refereeing team’s mistakes in the first two contested incidents raised by Tricolor.

“Regarding the possible expulsion of Ríos: the affiliate is right. Player 27, Richard Ríos Montoya, from the visiting team, could and should have received a red card for serious foul play. Regarding the penalty on Luciano: the affiliate is right. There is evidence of a collision from behind that impeded the attacker’s movement, therefore a reckless foul was committed by the defender inside the area. The technical decision is for a penalty with no need for disciplinary punishment,” the FPF stated at the time.

The confusion sparked immense outrage among Tricolor fans at Morumbi, where players and officials protested fiercely and had to be restrained by the police in the locker rooms. All the protests and insults were reported by referee Candançan in the match report for last year’s Choque-Rei, as can be seen below.

“I inform that at the end of the match the refereeing team was intercepted in the tunnel leading to the referees’ locker room by several officials and (non-listed) players of São Paulo FC. The following words were uttered by officials Fernando Bracalle Ambrogi, Carlos Belmonte Sobrinho, Julio César Casares: ‘bastards, what kind of penalty was that, shameless, sons of bitches, go fuck yourselves, you won’t have peace, wretches, Abel refereed the game today.’”

“It was also identified that the players not listed for the match, Mr. Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza (Rafinha), uttered the following words against the refereeing team: ‘Go fuck yourself, how can you give a penalty like that, bastard, you’ll never referee here again,’ and Mr. Wellington Soares da Silva (Rato), said the following to the refereeing team: ‘bastard, go fuck yourself, son of a bitch.’ I further inform that it was necessary for local police with shields to intervene to remove the aforementioned individuals,” reported Matheus Delgado Candançan.

São Paulo then suggested a punishment and suspension for the referee to the FPF after the admitted mistakes, but was ignored, as the Federation assigned him to a match in the following round of the Campeonato Paulista.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.