Grêmio opens indignation with arbitration, talks about “assault” against São Paulo and goes to CBF | Guild

“We will certainly take a very tough, forceful, vehement position. What happened here today (Saturday) was a national shame, which puts the championship under suspicion” (Paulo Luz, Vice President of Soccer)

The end of Saturday night and the beginning of Sunday morning made explicit the nonconformity of the Morumbi tricolor. The referee’s decisions in two plays that Renato Portaluppi’s team called for a penalty, as well as the blows suffered by Alisson and Luiz Fernando took the board seriously.

President Romildo Bolzan Júnior used Grêmio’s Twitter page to express his discontent. He said the club was “flagrantly damaged”, called the VAR “silent” and said “there is no longer any room for immorality.”

– The result of the game did not reflect the game. Grêmio suffered flagrant damage, despite the criteria: sanctions, cards and evaluation criteria. Not to mention the VAR, once again disappeared. It delegitimized, discredited the arbitration and the credit of Brazilian football for the antecedent of the influence of São Paulo in the exchange of referees. Enough. No more room for immoralities – declared Bolzan.

Romildo’s statement cited the exchange of arbitrations that resulted from the confrontation. On Thursday, the directors of São Paulo Raí and Alexandre Bird were at the CBF to discuss the refereeing errors they understood against their team.

In the meeting with the president of the arbitration commission, Leonardo Gaciba, it was decided that Rafael Traci, video referee in the controversial loss to Atlético-MG, would remain as field judge in the match against Grêmio.

However, the head of the VAR, Rodolpho Toski Marques, also criticized the performance in the 3-3 draw with Fortaleza, in the middle of the week, for the Copa do Brasil. He ended up being replaced by Elmo Alves Resende Cunha for the duel with Grêmio.

This set of factors will cause Grêmio to send a formal letter to CBF requesting a meeting with the head of the arbitration committee.

Soccer Vice President Paulo Luz showed his irritation during the press conference in São Paulo. In a strong tone, he listed adjectives to criticize the party’s refereeing and repeated the word “assault” three times. (watch the full interview in the video below).

“What happened here was an assault! Aggression! Aggression! Aggression! Luiz Fernando suffered an embarrassing lack of expulsion from Daniel Alves, since Alisson had already received a foul that practically took him out of the game. With the complacency of the referee “without acting, because he was already conditioned” (Paulo Luz)

– He (Rafael Traci) came to São Paulo conditioned. Therefore, we are very outraged and will take all formal actions, applicable to the CBF and the arbitration committee. And we hope they can, not repair this error, because the two points are already lost, but, from now on, act with exemption, correction and do justice to the 20 participants of the Brazilian Championship – shouted Paulo Luz.

Backstage promises excitement in the coming days. Grêmio seeks to understand the reason for leaving Morumbi with the feeling of injustice. But you know that you can’t let irritation shake up fieldwork.

Grêmio has 21 points and is tenth in the Brasileirão. In the next round, Tricolor will face Athletico-PR. The game will be played on Sunday, at 6.15pm, at the Arena da Baixada.