:strip_icc()/s01.video.glbimg.com/x720/9751936.jpg "Gabigol is sent off in Flamengo x Inter after ironizing a yellow card; watch video | Flamengo")
The first card was applied with the game stopped to attend the goalkeeper of Internacional. Near the restart, Gabigol kicked the ball away and the referee saw the action as an act of protest, showing him yellow. Gabigol reacted with applause, but Paulo Roberto Alves Junior had his back turned.
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The gesture, however, was seen by the 4th referee who warned Paulo Roberto Alves Junior who immediately showed the second card and then the red one. And he gestured with his palms, showing the reason for the punishment. From the bench, Renato Gaúcho complained intensely to the fourth referee. But the expulsion was maintained.
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At Central do Apito, commentator Sandro Meira Ricci stated that the gesture of clapping for a determination by the referee is an act subject to a new warning.
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