CBF responds Corinthians, admits the ball did not touch Léo Pereira’s belly, but sees the referee’s shot | Corinthians

The match ended 0-0 and was marked by a move that the hosts understood was a penalty not scored by referee Bráulio da Silva Machado.

In the document signed by Wilson Luiz Seneme, chairman of the Referee Commission, the body admits that the ball did not touch Léo Pereira’s belly, but states that it hit a part of the player’s body before hitting the Flamengo defender’s arm. The commission believes it is a blow by the referee team for judging that his arm was “in a natural position”.

Léo Pereira touched the ball with his hand inside the box in the second half of the duel, but was not scored. According to the VAR audio, it was felt that there was a deviation “in the belly” of the player and that the movement, therefore, would have been natural in the dispute for the ball.

In the official letter, Timão accused the team of video referees of punishment, citing the speeches he heard in the audio released by the institution they are “totally disconnected” from the offer images.

Rodrigo D’Alonso Ferreira was in charge of video refereeing, but it was from Helton Nunes, assistant VAR in the match, the information for referee Bráulio da Silva Machado that the ball had slipped into Léo Pereira’s belly before hitting in but no.

The move infuriated the Corinthians board, led by president Duilio Monteiro Alves, who considers any infringement in itself interpretative, but is not satisfied with the fact that it has been said that the ball slips into his stomach. Duilio understands that there was an error in the VAR, since the move was not even seen by the court judge on the monitor.

– Here I would like to ask a question of interpretation of the text: I made it clear that I am not discussing whether or not there was a sanction, that is the interpretation, even if there is never a criterion and I think it was a clear sanction. What I put in is the nonsense that has been passed on to us that the ball hits the belly and not the hand. Having said this by the VAR. This is absurd. There is no way not to see that the ball only hits in the hand. He is not crying. We just want to define things on the pitch – Duilio said Thursday.

Under the guidance of the referees in the cabin, Bráulio ordered the match to continue and did not score a penalty. After the game, coach Vitor Pereira even joked that he could only hit the belly if it were his, as he has gained “two kilos” since his arrival in Brazil.

Still at work, the Corinthians he reiterated his “non-compliance” with the decision and the fact that he had left open the discussion on whether or not it was a penalty, protesting that the failure to analyze the video was caused by a tap on the belly that would not have happened.

Here is the full press release from Thursday:

“A sports club Corinthians Paulista makes himself public to reiterate his repudiation of the referee team’s behavior in the first match of the Copa do Brasil final, against Flamengo, last Wednesday night (12) at the Neo Química Arena.

After the diffusion of the audio of the analysis of the VAR cabin on the penalty kick in favor of the Corinthiansa sequence of speeches and decisions was confirmed without any connection with what was seen in the images.

In no moment the ball hits the belly of the Flamengo defender, it only hits the arm. The guidance provided by the VAR stand was completely wrong and prevented any revision.

Faced with such a disparity between what the images presented and what happened next, the Corinthians deemed necessary to defend their rights and request the intervention of the Arbitration Commission.

Therefore, on Thursday afternoon (13) he sent a letter to the CBF with the intention of highlighting the serious shortcomings, asking for trained professionals and asking for urgency in the standardization of the criteria.

The document reaffirms our non-compliance with referee conduct and strengthens our ongoing performance and vigilance, so that the outcome of the finals is defined on the pitch.

The club will spare no efforts to defend its legitimate interests. “

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