Corinthians debuts in Libertadores this Thursday night at 7 pm. Timão goes to Uruguay to face Liverpool, in the famous Centenario Stadium in Montevideo. For this duel, the arbitration scale has already been defined by Conmebol.
The referee who will command the match is the Colombian Andrés Rojas. The professional refereed only one Corinthians match in his career, which was the goalless draw against Fluminense in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana, which took place at the Neo Química Arena. On the occasion, Rojas distributed four yellow cards to alvinegro players –
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The commander of tonight’s match has a recent controversial episode in his career. In the 2021 Libertadores, Rojas whistled Atlético-MG and Boca Juniors for the round of 16 of the competition and ended up canceling the Argentine team’s goal after being called by VAR, causing revolt in the athletes. Soon after, the referee was removed by Conmebol, claiming that the professional made “serious mistakes”.
For the duel, Andrés Rojas will count on the help of compatriots. The referee will be assisted by Dionizio Ruiz and Sabastian Vela at the flags. Already in the VAR cabin, the commander will be another Colombian, David Nicolás Rodriguez.
See referee schedule for tonight’s match
- Referee: Andrés Rojas – Colombia
- Assistant 1: Dionizio Ruiz – Colombia
- Assistant 2: Sebastian Vela – Colombia
- video referee: David Nicolás Rodriguez
See more at: Libertadores de América and Arbitration.
