At the end of the match between Red Bull Bragantino and São Paulo, for the female Paulistan, Bragança team player Stella Terra accused referee Juliano José Alves Rodrigues of Machismo.
Accompanied by the opponent, Aline Milene, Stella stated in an interview with TNT that she heard from referee prejudiced and chauvinistic tone.
“He turned to me and said, ‘at the right time, I’ll get you.’ Aline brought you here because they saw and heard too. Everyone heard prejudiced and macho lines,” said Stella, who claims to have been ignored after following the Paulista Football Federation protocol, which speaks of signaling immediately with gesture of “arms crossed above the head”.
⚽🚫 Denunciation at Paulistan Female
Stella Terra (Bragantino) and Aline Milene (Sao Paulo) reported chauvinistic speeches from referee Juliano Rodrigues during this Thursday’s game (15).
💬 “At the right time, I’ll get you”
💬 “I miss when I want”A will find out the case.
– Eberson Martins (@ebersonmartinsss)
“I made the signal. But nothing happened. It’s a very sad situation. Measures have to be taken,” said the player of Red Bull Bragantino.
Aline Milene, the player, confirmed the version of Stella and said she was also a victim.
“This can not happen in women’s football. When men come to whistle, they think they can talk to us as they well understand. They have to have respect. I suffered the same thing there. He said that he would miss whenever she wants. When Stella made the gesture, I said to stop the game,” said Aline.
Clubs repudiate the incident
Red Bull Bragantino issued a note of repudiation on their social networks and provided solidarity and support to Stella Terra.
“We are with you, Stella! Red Bull Bragantino supports and sympathizes with the complaints made by our athlete, Stella Terra, and the player of Sao Paulo Futebol Clube, Aline Milene, against acts of arbitration of the game between the teams, for the female. Our club has always cherished respect and dignity so that women have their work with professional work, either Out of the field. We repudiate any discriminatory attitude and carefully expect the facts by the Paulista Football Federation, ”says the note.
We are with you, Stella!
The Red Bull Bragantino supports and sympathizes with the complaints made by our athlete, Stella Terra, and the São Paulo Football Club player, Aline Milene, against acts of arbitration of the arbitration of the game between the teams, by the female Paulistão.
— Red Bull Bragantino (@RedBullBraga)
Sao Paulo also manifested itself by stating in a statement that it will not tolerate such attitudes and that it trusts that “justice will be done.”
“São Paulo does not tolerate such attitudes, and will always support the respect, professionalism and rights of the. We emphasize that Tricolor trusts in the determination of those responsible, certain that justice will be done,” says the post of Tricolor.
What the FPF says
The Paulista Football Federation, through a note in its account in “X”, says that “receives the complaint with attention and seriousness”. The FPF also says that it does not tolerate prejudiced and discriminatory attitudes. The entity concludes by stating that the case will be “rigorously cleared”.
The Paulista Football Federation informs that it received carefully and seriously the reports of athletes Stella, Red Bull Bragantino, and Aline Milene, from São Paulo, after the match between the two teams held on Thursday (15), by Paulistan Female Sicredi.
– Paulista Football Federation – FPF (@fpf_oficial)
