After a 1-1 draw between Internacional and Vasco, for the 17th round of the Brazilian championship, the referee became the center of attention in Beira-Rio. The Rio team, which won the game until the last few minutes, saw their advantage crumble after the expulsion of goalkeeper Leo Jardim, a fact that generated a strong reaction from the attacker Pablo Vehtti.
The game was marked by balance up to the height of the second half. Vasco opened the score with Rayan, while Colorado’s draw arrived in the final moments, with Johan Carbonro. However, the most controversial moment took place in the 38th minute of the final phase, when Leo Jardim received the second yellow card to slow down the game and was expelled. The referee’s decision Flavio Rodrigues de Souza was harshly contested by the players of the tank.
The expulsion had a strong impact on the performance of the Cruzmaltina team. With one less player, the Sao Januario team saw the intercession until they got the draw. Following the offer, the coach Fernando Diniz had to collect the striker Nuno Moreira to place the reserve goalkeeper Daniel Fuzzato, who hit the offensive tub system.
As recorded in the summary of the game, the referee understood that the goalkeeper of the tank had enough time to get an answer during the replacements, but he preferred to slow down the replacement of the ball in the game. It was not the first time that the judge of San Paolo was involved in a similar episode: in 2024, he also expelled the goalkeeper of Cricheúma Gustavo for identical reasons.
Upon leaving the field, Vegetti was emphatic in criticizing the performance of the arbitration. “It happens to all goalkeepers around the world. What he did today (referee), we were stolen. The expulsion has decided the game, crazy. I want you to speak, because otherwise we say we are damaged. We worked for c*… incredible what happened, incredible. What happened today … I have no words to explain.”
The striker’s declaration was also reproduced by the official broadcast of the game. In fact, in another step, the player strengthened his indignation by saying: “Incredible what happened, incredible. I would like you to seem, crazy. It was a theft. We are tired of it. Against the guild, penalty in San Januário and not Mark. Now, expels the goalkeeper, incredible.”
For now, the CBF has not commented on the referee’s conduct in the match. The arbitration will continue under the analysis of the responsible department, while Vasco already prepares a letter that questioned the performance of Flavio Rodrigues de Souza.
Source: Terra
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