Source: Letícia Martins / EC Bahia
The choice of the refereeing team for Ba-Vi this Sunday (31), due to the final of the Bahian Championship, has generated enormous controversy even before the ball rolls, with criticism from the tricolors and a failure to comply with the regulations on the part of the team itself. FBF.
Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos will be the referee of the match, which won the draw against Eziquiel Souza Costa. No out-of-state names were put forward as possibilities.
On social media, tricolor fans were outraged by the choice of a local referee for the first classic decisive for the Bahian title, especially with names that have history of controversies against Bahia.
The most criticized name is that of the Bahian arbitration veteran, the assistant Alessandro Rocha de Matosaged 48, and who spent two decades at FIFA.
In 1998, he was the linesman who scored a goal for Vitória, in a Ba-Vi, in which the ball was barely over the line.
In 2008, he canceled a Bahia goal in a legal position during a Ba-Vi.
Another error complained about by Bahia happened in 2020. At the time, then vice-president Vitor Ferraz said that Alessandro Matos should have signaled the penalty.
A controversy off the field occurred when the assistant posed for a photo hugging Alexi Portela, then president of Vitória in 2012, causing even more distrust among the tricolors about his work within the four lines.
In addition to the linesman, Diego Pombo Lopez He will be the video referee of the match and his performance in the first classic of 2024 was questioned by Tricolores because Jean Lucas’ expulsion was considered an error.
FBF fails to comply with its own regulations
No Art. 31, Paragraph 2, of the Bahia Championship Regulationsit is stated by the Bahian Football Federation that in the two final matches:
“The designation of the arbitration team will be the responsibility of the CBF Arbitration Commission, in accordance with the protocol of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)”.
In other words, the definition of the arbitration framework for the classic should have been made by the CBF Arbitration Commission, which has Wilson Seneme as president.
However, the FBF itself was the one who carried out the draw on its own, indicating names chosen internally.
“The draw was held in the TJDF-BA auditorium, in the presence of the President of the State Commission of Football Referees-CEAF/BA, Jailson Macêdo Freitas, and FBF employees, Roberto Oliveira and Nayane Queiroz”, says a note issued by the FBF .
Tricolores demonstrate outrage on social media
Through virtual platforms, there are many criticisms made by influencers, such as Matheus Barbaço, and fans in relation to the definition of arbitration for the classic. On X (formerly Twitter), for example, it is easy to find numerous complaints:
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2024-03-30 20:35:36
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