Referee and VAR suspended after São Paulo v Palmeiras blunders | OneFootball

After the gross errors committed by the refereeing in the last classic between São Paulo and Palmeiras in this Brasileirão, the punishment has finally arrived.

The referee Ramon Abatti Abel and the VAR Ilbert Estevam da Silva were punished by the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) this Wednesday (19) and suspended from activities for 40 days by the 2nd Disciplinary Commission.

Both were charged under Article 259 of the Brazilian Code of Sports Justice, for failing to “observe the rules of the sport”. The decision in the first instance, however, is still subject to appeal. If they do not obtain a suspensive effect, the referees will begin serving their punishments this Thursday (20).

The STJD punished the refereeing professionals with 20 days for the bizarre uncalled penalty on Palmeiras' Allan against Tapia and another 20 days for not expelling Andreas Pereira and Gustavo Gómez against Tricolor.

Since the controversial São Paulo 2 x 3 Palmeiras in the 27th round of the Brasileirão, Ramon Abatti has only refereed Série B games and was the AVAR2 in Mirassol x Botafogo, which was repeated on Wednesday night when he was scheduled as AVAR2 in Santos x Mirassol.

During the trial, São Paulo directors Rui Costa and Carlos Belmonte were warned for statements made against the refereeing at the time.

“We have to respect the decisions on the field. It is not up to the Sports Justice to review the refereeing decisions. But the errors are not interpretative. They are scandalous errors. The uncalled penalty does not allow for any interpretation. It was blatantly a penalty situation and the VAR should have intervened. The same goes for Andreas's tackle and Gómez's elbow.”

“Not interfering with the on-field decision does not mean not being able to punish the referees. These are very serious errors. It is incomprehensible why the VAR did not intervene in these situations,” voted the case's rapporteur, auditor Luiz Gabriel Batista Neves.

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