A refereeing of Series A of the Brazilian Championship is the big topic in national football in recent weeks. Demands from players for the professionalization of field referees and VAR became public after the end of the 27th round of the competition.
And this Sunday (12), in an exclusive interview with Itatiaia, the president of the CBF, Samir Xaud, commented on the Arbitration Commission’s internal process for better performance by the judges.
“From the first day we were already working on reformulating arbitration. We managed to make an investment in continuing education for referees, we held several meetings with them. The CBF has never stopped working in relation to arbitration, we want to qualify even more. It has become a priority even due to recent events, but we have been working since the first day of management”, he began.
Last Sunday (5), which led to controversial decisions in Series A.
What about professionalization? President comments on Confederation plans
Having professional referees is the most debated point regarding arbitration in the Brasileirão. According to the rules, judges and assistants must have a source of income independent of the work carried out on the national football fields.
In practice, they are amateurs, used to working in an environment surrounded by professionals, whether on the field or on the bench.
Regarding this, Samir Xaud promises that the professionalization of referees will be put into practice from now on, m.
“We are working on the professionalization of referees, we have been discussing it for some time and I believe that the time has come to put into practice everything we have discussed in relation to arbitration in these four months of management”.
Brasileirão will have semi-automatic offside, confirms Samir Xaud
Another expectation among clubs, fans and the media that covers national football is for . The most modern tool to be used in VAR can detect offside plays robotically, avoiding human errors in the analysis of moves.
This technology has already been present in several leagues around the world since 2022, but has not reached Brazil. The stadium infrastructure and the high cost of the tool are some of the obstacles.
This, however, will change in 2026, when national championships will have semi-automatic offside, according to the CBF president himself.
“The semi-automatic offside is well underway and will be present from 2026 in our championship”, added Samir Xaud.
