São Paulo says it will not try to cancel the game against Ceará, but requires revision in the VAR application | Saint Paul

In the text, São Paulo states that “it does not want, however, to benefit from what would have been a mistake. We are proud of our indisputable history without asterisks, and we will keep it that way.”

The controversy began when referee Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães made an error of law by changing a scoreboard after allowing play to restart. (watch the video above).

The play of the second half began with a shot from Luan that deflected in the back of Ceará and reached Pablo, who could not dominate. In the sequence, Luciano kicked, and Pablo, in legal condition, took advantage of the rebound and scored the goal.

The judge, first of all, annulled the goal with the consent of the flag. Then, in consultation with the VAR, he validated the goal: he made the VAR signal with his hand and pointed to the midfield. Magalhães whistled for the resumption of the match, Ceará touched the ball, but, shortly after, the referee stopped the game again and signaled offside, canceling Pablo’s goal.

CBF, on Thursday night, admitted that there was an error in the decision. The entity blames “a parallel communication, maintained between the central referee and the fourth referee, regarding the application of a yellow card to a player from Ceará, impaired the communication that was maintained between the field referee and the VAR”. without the referee listening to the request from the VAR booth and authorizing the resumption of the match. ”

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Read the note from São Paulo below:

“We play soccer because we believe in this sport as a means to achieve happiness. In Brazil, soccer is the greatest expression of the Brazilian people. And this sport, soccer clubs and championships only exist out of passion, for those who do not know That is what football is made of and that is what keeps it alive, from generation to generation.

It happens, however, that events like the one witnessed this Wednesday (25), at the Castelão Arena, in our match against Ceará, hurt and make the passion for football bleed, day after day.

São Paulo makes it clear that it knows that there was an impediment in the play and that the correct decision would be the annulment of the goal, but warns that this does not imply the non-existence of the indisputable error of law that followed and that justifies this note.

The arbitration error was something above the interpretation, which incurs in breach of the basic rule of the game: the Rule Book itself, which underlies the Brazilian arbitration and is a public document made available by CBF, establishes that a decision does not can be changed after reboot. departure. However, we saw the opposite happen.

In an official note published on Thursday night (26), the CBF National Arbitration Commission not only testified that there was indeed a change in the VAR decision after the restart of the game, but also reported that there was a ruling of communication. between the referee Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães and the VAR caused by a parallel and simultaneous communication between the court referee and the fourth official.

Today, a club needs to clearly say that the VAR application needs to be reviewed in Brazil. Technology is welcome, but must be applied well. All Brazilian football will benefit from greater training, transparency and greater clarity in the guidelines on which decisions are based. We have to take care of Brazilian football.

It should be remembered that this was not the first time that São Paulo was harmed in a game decision that involved the VAR. Three months ago we had an athlete attacked in Morumbi in a classic against Corinthians in a play that did not result in a sanction for the aggressor, and also a goal by Luciano against Atlético-MG in which video technology indicated an impediment, error later assumed by the National Arbitration Commission.

As football is made and lived with passion, São Paulo takes the time to remember what this club is made of at its core. This club is principled, marked by upright conduct, and prides itself on doing the right thing. Therefore, he will not enter with the request to cancel the match despite being certain that the claim would be accepted since there was an obvious error of law and the breach of the basic rules of the game.