Diniz slams refereeing after Vasco win: ‘The rules changed halfway through’ | OneFootball

Vasco secured a crucial 3-1 victory over Bahia this Wednesday at São Januário, in a delayed match of the 16th round of the Brasileirão. The result gave Fernando Diniz's team a boost, reaching 27 points and jumping from 16th to 13th place, opening a five-point lead over Vitória, the first club within the relegation zone.

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Fernando Diniz, in Vasco vs. Bahia, for the Brasileirão — Photo: Thiago Ribeiro/AGIF

After the match, coach Fernando Diniz analyzed the team's performance and did not spare criticism of the refereeing.

– Analyzing the game, I think the team did very well. During the periods of 11 against 11, we had our best moments. We were pressing in marking, gaining advantage in duels, the game was flowing. We made a mistake that we cannot make, but after Jean Lucas was sent off, we managed to pile up chances and won with great merit — he highlighted.

Controversy with the refereeing

Bahia opened the scoring after a mistake by Lucas Freitas, but the scenario changed at 35 minutes when Jean Lucas was sent off for elbowing Barros. From then on, Vasco took control of the match and turned the game around.

Despite the numerical advantage, Vasco players complained about other incidents. Coutinho suffered a stomp from Rezende, and Puma was hit by Sanabria in a play that generated a VAR review but ended only in a yellow card.

Diniz did not hide his dissatisfaction with the referee's stance.– I believe that even with the sending off, the other incident was clearly for a red card. And the criteria kept changing. It started by letting the game flow, after the sending off it started to break up the match. This referee was the fourth official in Porto Alegre when Léo Jardim was unjustly sent off, and again he let the opponents waste time without giving a yellow card. It seems that only our goalkeeper will be punished in Brazil for this — he shot.

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Photo: André Durão/ge

Next commitment

Vasco returns to the field next Saturday (27), at São Januário, to face Cruzeiro, the runner-up in the championship, at 6:30 PM, for the 25th round of the Brasileirão.

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