Fourth referee’s error generates complaint in Fluminense’s technical commission

In this Saturday’s classic between Botafogo It is Fluminense a rather curious scene took place: the technician Fernando Diniz went to make the last substitution of the match: he put the striker John kennedy instead of right-back Samuel Xavierbut there was an error, the defender should have left the field manoel.

Fluminense’s technical assistant Eduardo Barros was outraged by the fourth referee of the match Tarcizo Pinheiro Caetano, claiming he got the number displayed on the license plate wrong. The fourth referee stated that he received the number 2, which is Samuel Xavier’s, instead of Manoel’s number 26.

“I still don’t know exactly what happened. Manoel was supposed to leave and ended up leaving (Samuel Xavier). I don’t know whose mistake it was, but that was not the substitution. Manoel was supposed to leave and André went to the defense “declared coach Fernando Diniz.

After the end of the game, the coach tricolor complained to the arbitration. The judge braulio da silva Ax he applied a yellow card to Diniz, even though he was warned he continued to complain, and ended up receiving the second yellow card and with that he ended up expelled.

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_{Fernando Diniz complaining to the arbitration at the end of the match. Playback (Photo/Getty Images)}

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Therefore, the commander of Fluminense will not be able to be on the edge of the field in the next match of the carioca tricolor at the Brazilian championship next Sunday (28) before the Corinthians away from home in São Paulo at 16:00 (Brasília time).

Flu was defeated by 1-0 against Botafogo, the result left the team in third place in the Brasileirão with 13 points won.

Next Thursday (25) the tricolor travels to the altitude of La Paz at Bolivia where does the team face The Strongest for the fourth round of the group stage of the Conmebol Libertadores. Fluzão leads group D with 9 points with three wins in three games in the continental tournament.

Featured photo Fernando Diniz on the edge of the pitch. Reproduction (Photographer André Durão/GE)