It recognized it on Friday (19) the error of referee Andrés Rojas, from Colombia, in X Estudiantes, by expelling Gonzalo Plata. In the organization’s analysis, the red-black striker, who was warned with the second yellow card, did not commit an infringement by competing for the ball with the Argentine defender in the final stretch of the second half. However, because it was not a direct red, the bid could not be analyzed by VAR.
“In the 81 minute, in a dispute for the ball, the red-black striker throws the ball. Later, the white shirt defender kicks the striker’s foot and both fall to the floor, not configuring the striker’s infraction. The referee watches the action and incorrectly sanctions the red-black player, expelled by double card,” the entity explained.
The bid could not be reviewed, but VAR even analyzed the cameras. In the audios released by Conmebol, the arbitration even sought the possibility of calling Rojas to review a possible penalty – in the understanding that was the defender of Estudiantes who committed the infraction in the bid. However, as the absence occurred outside the large area, so it is not subject to revision by the VAR protocol.
In the audio, it is possible to listen to video arbitration saying that “cannot enter” the analysis of this bid and therefore does not call the referee Rojas, who follows the departure after the expulsion of Plata. Only goals, penalties, direct red cards and confusion of identity – when the referee improperly warns a player who has not committed an infringement – are bids in which VAR interference fit.
Flamengo can seek, with Conmebol, a reversal in the board, to allow platform to act in the return match, next week, at. Similar case occurred in 2018, when defender Dedé was expelled incorrectly in the match between Boca Juniors and Cruzeiro, in La Bombonera. The Minas Gerais club got the card to be annulled, and the defender was available on the way back in Mineirão.
Thursday’s episode bothered the coaching staff and the directors of Flamengo, such as and José Boto. The Flamenguista fans also greatly vained the referee on the way out of the field. When Plata was expelled, the team won 2-0. Then he conceded a goal already in the final stretch of the match and decides the semifinals with a lower advantage than expected.
“The end result was very conditioned by arbitration,” fired a angry Samuel Lino. “The mistakes made today harmed us. This goal they did today was a consequence of what arbitration did in the game. For us, everything, and for them nothing,” he continued, about the notation of absences and card distribution.
José Luis Boto, Flamengo’s soccer director, was another who spared no criticism of the arbitration and said he will ask Conmebol a thorough analysis of Rojas’s performance. “A penalty in our favor that is transformed into the expulsion of the platform, which besides harming us in this game, will hurt us around. In their goal bid, the ball hits the stressful player’s arm. This can not be by chance. Once again, a team that has much more ball possession, who plays a lot more to attack, has more yellow cards than the other team. One player from Estresses in the first half, and the first half The referee nor yellow gave. And it was the second yellow.
Flamengo hosts next Sunday, by. Then, again to face Estudiantes, in La Plata, for the return game, next Thursday (25), at 21h30 (Brasília).
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Nicolas Robert
