Sport consider appealing for annulment of match against Fluminense

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·02 de outubro de 2025

Sport consider appealing for annulment of match against Fluminense

Sport is considering requesting the annulment of the 2-2 draw against Fluminense in the Brazilian Championship, which took place last Wednesday (1st). The board and the legal department of the red-black club are studying the possibility of requesting the invalidation of the match due to a "legal error" by the refereeing team.

The referee Raphael Claus was called by VAR to analyze two decisive plays in the match. The first moment was Martinelli's goal, annulled after Ignácio fouled Barletta at the start of the play. Sport questions the non-expulsion of the defender.

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The second play also involved the tricolor defender, who was knocked down inside the area. Initially, Claus marked a foul by the defender at the start of the play, but, after VAR review, the penalty was awarded to Fluminense.

The vice-president of Sport, Raphael Campos, positioned himself criticizing the decisions of the refereeing team in the match.

In the first, they don't even consider the red card. In the second, he confirms on the spot that he called a foul (on Pablo) and whistles. Then, VAR asks again if he called a foul and he confirms again. And yet he is called... Claus had not marked the foul on Pablo. But if he says in the audio with VAR that he marked. VAR could not intervene. In addition to not being a penalty, they commit a legal error. We are studying with the legal team how to substantiate this." - declared Raphael.

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