The game in the Campeonato Capixaba – a competition in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo – between Desportiva Ferroviária and Nova Venécia was marked by an episode of violence.
At halftime, the coach of Desportiva Ferroviária, Rafael Soriano, went up to the assistant referee and headbutted her in the nose.
The untimely act cost the coach the expulsion from the match and don’t be wrong if you think that words of regret and an apology to assistant Marcielly Neto followed. “If you say I attacked you, we’ll stop at the police station. Let’s make a body of delirium [recolha de vestígios]. If not, I’ll sue you, I’ll sue you. She’s saying that I assaulted her. Lie. She is using herself because she is a woman », fired the coach in an interview, quoted by ESPN Brasil, shortly after the event.
However, Desportiva Ferroviária moved quickly with measures and fired the coach. «Desportiva Ferroviária goes public to inform that it repudiates any type of violence, whether physical, verbal, moral or emotional, especially against women, and we sympathize with the referee assistant Marcielly Netto, making us available for whatever is necessary. . We also inform you that, in the face of what happened, coach Rafael Soriano was disconnected from the club”, the club said in a statement.
As for the game, Nova Venécia, who had won the first meeting by 2-0, won again, this time by 3-1, and qualified for the semi-finals of the state.
The moment was captured and shared on social media:
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