São Paulo v Bragantino: referee who angered Tricolor returns | OneFootball

Talking about controversial refereeing in Brazil today is like stating the obvious. Every referee has made some mistake or been involved in some confusion that displeased a club this season, and it will be no different with the referee chosen to officiate São Paulo vs. Bragantino this coming Saturday (8), at Vila Belmiro, for the 33rd round of the Brasileirão.

It was decided in a public hearing held this Thursday (6) at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) that the Rio native Bruno Arleu de Araújo will referee the Tricolor’s match this weekend.

As is customarily reported by the CBF, the selection of referees is determined by taking into account the stages of the competition, the importance and degree of complexity of each match, as well as the qualification, physical conditioning, and technical performance of the referees.

Arleu has already caused immense dissatisfaction among Tricolor’s directors due to his performance in the derby against Corinthians in the 2023 Brasileirão. On that occasion, São Paulo complained about a penalty awarded to Corinthians, in a play involving full-back Rafinha, and the disallowing of a goal scored by Jonathan Calleri in which the referee saw a foul committed by the Argentine.

The unfavorable decisions against São Paulo generated huge protests from the club, including insults reported in the match report from the São Paulo director and president. The CBF did nothing, as usual, and considered Bruno Arleu’s decisions in the Majestoso to be correct.

Since then, the Rio native has accumulated several other controversies, causing outrage among other teams in the country. It is the eternal struggle against the country’s unqualified refereeing, which will have a new chapter in São Paulo vs. Bragantino.

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