Hulk criticizes refereeing after defeat in Libertadores

After the end of the match between Athletico Paranaense and Atlético Mineiro, Hulk leaves the field nervous and shot at the referee. The Minas Gerais team lost 2-1 in the second round of the Libertadores, thus complicating their situation in the competition. The main reason that led Hulk, one of the leaders of the team, to contest the arbitration was the penalty shot for Hurricane and also the tolerance in relation to wax, delaying the game in order to pass the time of the game.

In an interview at the end of the match, Hulk spoke to the press, “Paulinho was very excited, I came to talk to the fourth referee, I said: “Professor, the rule says that if it’s too close, it’s not a penalty”. He said: “Exactly, it wasn’t a penalty, but the VAR has to call it for the referee to decide”. talk about whether it was an impediment or not.” Penalty that was scored by VAR, after the ball touched Paulinho’s arm in a headbutt by the Athletico player, since the referee on the field did not signal a foul and for Hulk, due to Paulinho’s distance from the opponent, he should not have scored.

The offside bid mentioned by Hulk was in Hyoran’s free kick that stopped at the back of the net, but Jemerson was marked offside, who disputed the ball with Bento, the alvinegro player was offside. The penalty scored was the one that generated the greatest discontent for the team from Minas Gerais, because in a bid in the first game of the group stage, in a similar situation to the one that was scored in the game on Tuesday (19), between Atlético and Libertad, the referee was not called by VAR to analyze Melgarejo’s hand touch inside the area after Nathan Silva’s deflection.

_{VAR analyzes possible penalty for Atlético-MG against Libertad . (Photo: Reproduction/Conmebol)}

Hulk also complained that the South American arbitration, in general, allows the winning team to stop the match, making wax, especially the goalkeepers. According to the captain of Atlético regardless of the competition, Brasileirão or Conmebol, the game does not flow, for a long time. That’s because goalkeepers do whatever they want. If the opponent is winning, do that and if the Galo team is winning, Everson will do what he wants too. This situation should change to improve the quality of football.

Atlético changes the key and focuses on the Brasileirão, Sunday (23) at 4 pm (Brasília time) they face Santos away from home, Galo debuted in the competition losing at home to Vasco by 2 to 1.

Featured photo: Hulk in the game against Athletico Paranaense. Playback/Pedro Souza/Atlético.