“Gabi” moans at refs, then tries to win a penalty – no second yellow | OneFootball

In addition to Fluminense’s 3-2 victory over Santos, the refereeing once again became a topic of debate after Gabigol’s comments at halftime. The Santos forward showed irritation after receiving a yellow card for dissent during the match, but the game also featured another incident involving the No. 9 that could have ended in a booking for him: an attempt to win a penalty in a normal challenge with Guga.

In the first half, Gabigol was fouled in a play involving Bernal and asked for a card for the Tricolor player. While protesting to Wilton Pereira Sampaio, he ended up being booked for dissent. Since he was already one booking away from suspension, he received his third yellow card and will miss Santos’ next Brazilian Championship match, against Bahia, at Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova, on Saturday the 25th.

During halftime, the forward complained about the punishment and argued that the intensity of the game affects the way players address the referees.

— I suffered a very hard foul and I can’t turn to him and say: Wilton, please, excuse me, could you give him a card? We’re in the game, trying to win, coming off a very difficult match. There’s no way to separate the heat of the game from reason. Out here on the field, things are like that. You know what happens? I miss the next game and he keeps refereeing.

Despite the Santos striker’s complaint, the match also had an episode in which Gabriel deserved to have been booked. In a normal challenge with Guga inside the box, the player tried to exaggerate the contact to win a penalty, a situation that could have been interpreted as simulation and punished with a yellow card.

In this way, Gabigol’s complaint about the refereeing contrasts with the striker’s own behavior during the match. While he questioned the referee’s standards, he himself was involved in an incident worthy of punishment for trying to induce a penalty call.

On the field, Fluminense managed to stay focused even amid the controversy and left Vila Belmiro with an important 3-2 victory, a result that kept the Tricolor among the top teams in the Brasileirão.

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