Tiago Volpi, from São Paulo, criticizes the refereeing and complains about his rival: “Grêmio doesn’t play” | Saint Paul

Shortly after the final whistle, the Tricolor São Paulo players and coach Fernando Diniz surrounded the referees in the middle of the field to complain about the extra time granted in the second half. In the confusion, Diniz and Tréllez were expelled.

– The complicated thing is what Grêmio always does, he does not play, there is always a player falling to the ground, the goalkeeper who takes 50 seconds in the goal kick. We warn you. During the break we said to Bruno: “The boys want to delay the game, we want to speed up.” And that’s what happened: wanting to accelerate and the boys fell – said Volpi.

-The only thing we told (the referee) was the time, if he gives the 10, 12 minutes, which he had to give, and we lose, calm down, but to make up for the lost time, that is outrage. But it is not possible, it is over and he will not return, so he is raising his head, the Brazilian is ahead, which increases our pressure for the title, because the football that we have been playing, has been showing, it gives us frustration for that. . , for being in the semifinal of the Copa do Brasil – he added.

In the first leg, São Paulo was beaten 1-0 and needed to win by at least one goal difference to take the match to penalties. However, the team managed to create little and did not come out of the draw without goals.

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Tricolor is now turning its attention to the Brazilian Championship. In the leadership of the tournament, with 56 points won, seven more than vice-leader Atlético-MG, the team only depends on you to be champion.

Brasileirão’s next game will be on January 6, against Red Bull Bragantino, at 9:30 pm, in Bragança Paulista.