The scorer of the Bragança team Gustavo Marques fired aggressively at referee Daiane Caroline Muniz dos Santos
Outraged by Red Bull Bragantino’s 2-1 defeat to São Paulowhich culminated in the elimination of the team from the interior in Paulistão, the scorer of the goal Gustavo Marques fired aggressively at referee Daiane Caroline Muniz dos Santos.
“Firstly, thank God for the opportunity, for the goal. I think our team has always fought. We haven’t stopped fighting in any game, since the first game against Noroeste… we sinned today, I’m sure of that. We have to raise our heads. We know that in three days we already have other Brazilian games”, began the Bragantino defender.
She then addressed the judge directly, stating that the fact that she was a woman meant she did not have the ability to referee a Paulistão semifinal game. .
“But, firstly, I want to talk about refereeing. Because there’s no point in us playing against São Paulo, Palmeiras, Corinthians… and they put a woman to referee a game this big. I think she wasn’t honest for what she did. I think São Paulo has all the merit, for the shirt, for the tradition it has. I think she took after them, because regardless of the situation, Red Bull is big, but for her São Paulo was better, it was bigger.”
“I think this game is up to her, because she wasn’t a woman. We work every day, we leave family at home… brother, father, mother, wife, everyone, for her to come and end our dream. It was our dream to reach the semi or even the final, but she ended our game.”
“I think the São Paulo Federation has to look at games of this size and not include a woman. With all due respect to the women of the world. I’m married, I have my mother. Sorry if I’m saying something to women, but at her size I don’t think she has the ability to officiate a game like that.”
“We have to keep our heads up, because in three days we’ll be playing another game and it’s life.”
Then, asked by the TNT Sports reporter on the field about Daiane Caroline Muniz dos Santos’ mistakes, he reaffirmed gender issues.
“She made a mistake from when the game started. São Paulo already started to hold the game, and she said that Cleiton was holding the game, that I was holding the game… she had no criteria for both teams. I think the São Paulo Federation has to look at this. Not because Red Bull is small. Red Bull is very big. And you can be sure that we will make a lot of history this year”, he concluded.
Eliminated from Paulistão, Red Bull Bragantino now turns its attention to the Brasileirão. The team faces Athletico-PR at home, next Wednesday.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
