Palmeiras new signing Barboza suspended by STJD over Botafogo red card | OneFootball

Palmeiras announced, a few weeks ago, the signing of center-back Alexander Barboza, formerly of Botafogo. The player will be able to make his debut for Verdão after the World Cup, but he will need to serve a suspension due to a sending-off when he was still playing for the Rio club.

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The defender was sent off on March 14, 2026, in the match against Flamengo after stopping a promising attack and protesting, as reported in the match report, to referee Anderson Daronco.

– Denying a goal or stopping a clear goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball – I sent off, with a straight red card in the 53rd minute of the first half, player alexander nahuel barboza uilua, no. 20 of botafogo, for holding his opponent, player pedro guilherme abreu dos santos, no. 09 of flamengo, thereby preventing a clear and obvious goal-scoring chance. after the sending-off, the player ran toward me and said the following words, insulting me: “you are a disaster, a coward, it wasn’t a foul.” he had to be restrained by his teammates. I further report that at halftimeof the match, the same player, alexander barboza, waited for the refereeing team to pass through the stadium’s mixed zone, moved toward us and was restrained by botafogo security, and said the following words insulting the refereeing team: “a la concha de tu madre (your mother’s cunt).

Barboza was tried this Friday (12) by the STJD and was punished with a two-match suspension, having already served one. The decision can be appealed.

If the punishment is upheld, the defender will not be able to make his debut for Palmeiras in the match against Coritiba in the Brazilian Championship.

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