Renê on Fluminense push to send off Allan: ‘We had to act up’

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·2 April 2026

Renê on Fluminense push to send off Allan: ‘We had to act up’

Fluminense’s 3-1 win over Corinthians last Wednesday featured an unusual scene at the start of the second half. Allan, a defensive midfielder for the São Paulo side, was sent off for making an obscene gesture on the field shortly after receiving a yellow card for attacking midfielder Lucho Acosta.

At first, the officiating crew did not notice the incident. Fluminense players then began protesting more forcefully and even reenacted the gesture to show the referee what had happened and ask for a VAR review.

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Full-back Renê described the situation after the match and explained how the players tried to draw the officials’ attention.

Some players didn’t notice it at the time. One Corinthians player asked what had happened, so we had to act out what he did there. It’s embarrassing. At that moment it was worth a red card, and in the end no one remembered whether we were allowed to do it or not, but we had to imitate it to reinforce our request for the referee to check VAR,” he said.

The complaint started with center-back Freytes, who alerted the referee and was joined by his teammates. After the review, Allan was shown a red card.

With Allan sent off and holding a two-goal lead, Fluminense had a calmer path to sealing the win in the closing stages. The Tricolor side won 3-1, with goals from John Kennedy, Hércules and Castillo, and moved into second place in the Brazilian Championship, behind only Palmeiras.

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