Ref watch: São Paulo learn referee for Juventude Copa do Brasil tie | OneFootball

São Paulo learned this Monday (11) the name of the referee who will officiate the decisive midweek match against Juventude in the Copa do Brasil, to be played in Caxias do Sul (RS), with a place in the round of 16 of the national competition at stake.

In a public hearing held by the entity at its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), the CBF determined that Rodrigo Pereira, from Pernambuco, will lead the refereeing crew for the match to be played this Wednesday (13), at 7 p.m. (Brasília time), at Alfredo Jaconi Stadium.

As the CBF usually states, the selection of referees is defined taking into account the stages of the competition, the importance and degree of complexity of each match, and the referees’ qualifications, fitness, and technical performance.

This season, Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima has officiated only one Tricolor match, the impressive 4-1 win over Cruzeiro on April 4 in the Brazilian Championship at Morumbi.

Rodrigo became known nationwide because of a clash with Hulk in a 2024 Brasileirão match. In Atlético-MG vs. Palmeiras, the referee called a foul for Atlético on the forward, who got up already complaining and received his first yellow card.

Hulk kept arguing with Rodrigo Pereira until he was shown a second yellow and sent off, much to the forward’s fury. In the match report, Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima did not highlight any insult, but cited two situations: “He came toward me in an ostentatious manner, standing face to face with me and shouting disrespectfully.”

But the story did not end there. Days later, Atlético-MG filed a Notice of Infraction with the Prosecutor’s Office of the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) against the referee, who was summoned a week later to explain to the STJD the application of the two yellow cards that resulted in Hulk’s dismissal.

With São Paulo, however, Rodrigo Pereira has not been involved in any major controversy so far, and hopefully it stays that way. Tricolor beat Juventude 1-0 at Morumbi in the first leg and can now even draw to advance. A simple win for the team from Rio Grande do Sul will take the decision to penalties.

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