Rodrigo Garcia, fourth referee of the match between Riograndense and São Paulo de Rio Grande, is a military police officer
Assaults and even a gun pulled out by the fourth referee marked the post-classical half Riograndense AND Sao Paulo del Rio Grande for the Gauchão Serie Bequivalent to the third division of Rio Grande do Sul football. Rodrigo Garcia, fourth referee of the duel, which ended 1-0 for Rio Grande, even pulled out a gun in the parking lot of the Torquato Pontes stadium, in Rio Grande. In addition to being a referee, he is also a military police officer.
THE Estadao He tried contacting the Gaucho Football Federation, but received no response until this report was published. If there is, the text will be updated.
In the match summary, the main judge, Rodrigo Brand da Silva, reported the entire episode. Despite the post-match confusion, there was no fight on the scoresheet during the 90 minutes.
According to the document, assistant Leirson Peng Martins was attacked, with kicks and punches on the ground, as the referee team left the stadium. Subsequently, the fourth referee Rodrigo Garcia intervened and arrested the group that was attacking Martins, who fled. According to the summary, a police report was registered.
“In view of this, the Military Brigade returned to carry out the registration procedure of the event. Subsequently, the assistant referee, Leirson Peng Martins, was sent to hospital to carry out a forensic examination, considering the injuries resulting from the assault?”, reads an excerpt of the summary.
CONFUSION IN THIRD PARTIES
The fourth referee of the classic Riograndense 0 X 1 San Paolo yesterday in Torquato Pontes, with a gun in his hand among several people. He wore the uniform, worn before and after matches, of the Gaucho Football Federation (FGF). In the video you can… pic.twitter.com/qxAFq8fmU5
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Videos circulating on social media show the attacks and the exact moment the fourth referee draws his weapon. In one of them it is also possible to see Garcia kicking and running a person in the stadium parking lot.
In a statement, the Public Security Secretariat of Rio Grande do Sul said that the Rio Grande Civil Police is investigating the case.
In conversation with the EstadaoPaulo André Neves, president of Riograndense, the home team, said he was in the locker room when the commotion began. He explained that there was an argument near the stadium between a street vendor, who was dismantling a barbecue stand, and the assistant referee. When he arrived at the scene, Neves found the fourth referee armed and children crying.
“We were in the locker room after the game talking to the athletes when there was a shouting match and I went to see. When I opened the gate, a guy came in with a baby on his lap and the referee was running after him, one of them with a gun in his hand. What I could do was try to prevent something worse than this guy with the baby on his lap from getting caught and calm the three of them down, since I didn’t even know what was going on. Automatically, we had to protect the athletes. child. Thank God, the three calmed down and both perpetrators of the event went to the police station, together with the fourth referee who had the gun. Our position, immediately communicated to the FGF via telephone and then via email, was one of concern, sadness and rejection”, stated the president of Riograndense.
After the Serie B Gauchão group stage, Riograndense hosts São Gabriel on November 8, while São Paulo de Rio Grande faces Rio Grande at home on November 9. The two matches are valid for the eighth round of Group B.
Source: Terra
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