Coach Ramón Díaz Criticizes VAR Decision by Female Referee: Sexist Comment Sparks Controversy

Coach Ramón Díaz, after the match between Bragantino and Vasco, criticizing the referee of this game and the debate of the team in the Brasileirão. In a sexist comment, the Argentine coach said that he was “complex that the one who decides the VAR” is a woman, as happened in the game against Grêmio, on Sunday.

– Regarding the referees, we cannot say much. There is VAR. In the last game, at home, a woman, a woman, interpreted punishment in a different way. Football is different. Mostly the VAR is decided by a woman. I think it’s complicated, because football is so dynamic, so much pressure, so fast, with such quick decisions. Today I don’t know if the referee gave a penalty to our winger. That hits and takes, I don’t know if it was a punishment either – said Ramón.

Thirty minutes after the end of the press conference, the coach looked for journalists at the exit of the Nabi Abi Chedid stadium and said that he had been misinterpreted, saying that he meant no but “one person capable of making a decision”.

– If you misinterpreted something in my statement. I want to say sorry. It seemed to me that what I meant was that one person cannot make a decision as important as the involvement of VAR in football. If you misunderstood, I’m sorry, but that’s not my intention,” said Ramón.

The move that Ramón said refers to the game against Grêmio, four minutes from the second half and which caused a debate in the VAR booth. At that time, Galdames complained about the lack of defender Rodrigo Ely, from Grêmio, inside the area. When reviewing the play, Daiane Muniz, who was responsible for VAR in the game, initially thought there was a penalty, but he went back and did not recommend the review.

– On their second goal, we came back and didn’t put pressure on him. He had a very easy time finishing. If we had done it We have things we need to improve. And as for arbitration, I already said, it is difficult. Because VAR makes decisions. In the last round, there were many mistakes by the referee. This needs improvement.

Regarding the game, Ramón Díaz said that both teams created chances to score and win the game. The coach pointed out that Vasco competed in the game, but that they must continue to add points, especially at the beginning of the competition.

– The team needs to play more relaxed, our team needs to play more relaxed, more relaxed, play more competitively. We have a long way to go, but we need to get points. I don’t like to lose, I like to get results. Especially at the beginning of the competition. We have to get results from the beginning – said the coach.

See other excerpts from the press conference

Match analysis
– The first goal was a rather lucky goal for them, not with much creativity, but a rather rare, rather difficult goal. But then Vasco reacted, we had an amazing scene. We went to look, we pressed, we attacked well, we created situations. We even reached the goal with very good play, good creation. I think we are analyzing very well where Vasco will grow. It’s growing, it’s growing in form, in style. We are happy because we are competing well.

Use of youth from the bottom
– Now we have brought in some young people and it will certainly help a lot. We are working with a lot of young people and the team also has the opportunity to try out some players. Rayan, Adson, all the young guys who are gaining experience and looking forward to the future as well. I am certainly very happy because, even though it was a loss, if we analyze the two goals carefully, we were very unlucky. Especially in the second goal, Maicon gets his head, avoids and goes towards the goal. Not that they created any chances to win and I think this was Vasco’s best moment of the game.

The second goal
– There were many actions in which the team withdrew, it was not very intense and we left the action after their second goal. We came back and didn’t put much pressure on him and it was very easy for them to shoot on goal. If we had a little more weight we could avoid it. These are the things that we need to fix, that we need to do.

Instructions for Rayan
– We saw that we were going to gain an advantage and we had to be deeper on the right and left. Lucas Piton was very good, Paulo Henrique too, we crossed a lot today, we had a lot of situations. And I asked him (Rayan) to be on the wing because we had to, in our frustration, be deep and reach the goal. That’s why the players were happy, and so were we. It was sad in the end. In the end, after the goal, Vasco had to keep asking, look for the goal, not go back so much, have a little more strength in the middle. All these things we will fix.

João Victor leaves
– He hit his knee hard and it was a moment when we couldn’t take any chances. We have to have the player at 100%, with everything, so that we can continue in the game. But it’s okay.

Hugo Moura
– He is a midfielder. Paulinho and Jair were injured. We need to consolidate there in the middle. We are happy because he came and he will surely help us. He has to accept our style, our approach. He is a player with qualities that we like. So, we will help him so that he can perform and have a good competition.

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