Diniz cites “perhaps the best 35 minutes of São Paulo” under his command and criticizes VAR in defeat | Saint Paul

In the coach’s opinion, Tricolor had a game of different times. He liked the first half of São Paulo, in which the team created clear chances and had a goal disallowed. For referee commentator Sálvio Spinola, the feeling is similar. In the sequence, the Rooster opened 2 to 0.

– We have to be able to replicate what we did today. Perhaps it was the best initial 35 minutes since I arrived in São Paulo. Playing against a team that we know has a purpose, especially here. So I’m very happy with the team, but it’s not just 11 players. Anyone can play, this is proven by the changes I made. In the next game (against Fluminense, on Sunday) we will see who are the best to put on the field – he said.

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Fernando Diniz also said he expected a clear image from the VAR to demonstrate Luciano’s irregular goal position when the score was 0-0.

– I agree that we had two different moments. In the first half, our game plan fit almost perfectly. If we had taken advantage of the four or five very clear occasions, plus the error that seems to me, at least on television, the VAR error. It is worth noting: if the VAR is right, let this image come, so that we have a little more peace of mind, and also the São Paulo fans. For those who like soccer ditto. Because until now nobody understands the reason for calling the VAR. Call no. To have annulled the goal – said Fernando Diniz.

He criticized the way in which VAR has been used and recalled the play in which São Paulo complains about a punch from Jô to Diego Costa in last Sunday’s classic against Corinthians.

– Nor do I understand how they called the VAR to see Diego’s play, if the judge was on the move. I let it go. It was a foul on Diego, and then Diego was lost. So the VAR calls to do that and does not call to see the aggression that occurred, easy to see, that occurred in the match between Corinthians and São Paulo, on Sunday (from Jô to Diego). I don’t understand the use of VAR here. The use of VAR is often wrong. Today it is misleading to the extreme, if it is shown that the goal was legal. Through the cameras from all angles, the goal was great and would totally change the story of the game, Diniz said.

Still vice-leader of Brasileirão, with 13 points, São Paulo returns to the field next Sunday to face Fluminense, at 4pm (from Brasilia), in Morumbi, for the eighth day of Brasileirão.