Fernando Diniz says refereeing shaped Corinthians defeat: “Very poor” | OneFootball

Corinthians was defeated this Sunday (3) by Mirassol, 2-1 away from home, in a match valid for the 14th round of the Brazilian Championship. Edson Carioca and Carlos Eduardo scored for the home side, while Dieguinho pulled one back for the black-and-white team.

After the match, head coach Fernando Diniz gave a press conference and began his analysis by addressing the refereeing, but avoided using it as an excuse for his first defeat in charge of Timão: “I think the refereeing was very poor today, it got practically everything wrong. He didn’t give cards, it seemed like he didn’t have any in his pocket. He did very little to speed up the game delays. There was the sending-off incident, the penalty was debatable to me, and the second goal came from a clear foul on Garro. How does VAR not call that? Terrible refereeing. Nothing to praise about the refereeing. He didn’t keep the game flowing, but that doesn’t justify the defeat. Mirassol had several fouls worthy of yellow cards. Very poor today.”

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Diniz was also emphatic when commenting on the play that led to Corinthians’ second conceded goal and pointed to a foul by Shaylon on midfielder Rodrigo Garro at the start of the move: “I don’t know if you noticed the foul on Garro in the second goal. It’s absurd that the guy didn’t call it. He called to overturn the sending-off, but didn’t call to disallow Mirassol’s goal.”

When asked about possible measures by the black-and-white club’s board, Diniz defended the club’s leadership and stressed that episodes like the one seen tonight cannot happen again: “Whatever can be done, I’m sure the board will act. We can’t have refereeing and VAR like today’s,” he concluded.

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