🎥 Ceni slams refereeing in friendly: You come here to be a fool | OneFootball

Bahia were far from happy with the refereeing decisions made by Jodis Nascimento de Souza during this Sunday’s (12) friendly against Fluminense.

The Rio de Janeiro side beat the team from Bahia 2-0 thanks to goals from Hulk and Germán Cano.

And coach Rogério Ceni did not hold back after the match at the Maracanã.

Two incidents prompted the outburst: Erick’s goal being disallowed for an alleged foul by Willian José — when the score was still 0-0 — and a possible penalty on Ademir.

Ceni pointed out that he had asked for a referee from outside Rio de Janeiro, which did not happen.

And he accused the referee of being "hired to make the result happen."

Jodis Nascimento de Souza is a referee from the Rio de Janeiro federation and has officiated fourteen official CBF competition matches this season.

He was in charge of one Série A match, Atlético-MG 1-0 São Paulo in March. He also refereed three Série B matches, four Série C matches,  two Série D matches, one Copa do Brasil match, two Copa Sul-Sudeste matches and one Brasileirão U-20 match. 

What now? 📅

Ceni’s Bahia will return to action next Friday (17), when they host Chapecoense in a postponed match from the fourth round of the Brasileirão.

It is the only tournament left on their schedule.

They are currently sixth in the table, with 26 points from 17 matches.

Fluminense, meanwhile, are third with 31 points from 18 matches and will host Red Bull Bragantino on the same day. But that match will be part of round 19. 

Check the updated Brasileirão standings here. 

Photo: Catarina Brandão/EC Bahia

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