Luís Castro praises Botafogo, but detonates arbitration; summary rebate!

On the afternoon of last Sunday, the 30th, the Botafogo entered the field to compete in the third round of the Brasileirão. With the aim of seeking the three points and taking the lead, Glorioso visited the rival Flamengo and won. By taking advantage of the mistakes of the sampaolithe team of Luis Castro won by 3 to 2, reached nine points and took over the top of the table.

Right after the match, Luís Castro gave a press conference and was thrilled with another victory for Glorioso in the Brasileirão. However, the main focus of the conversation was on the coach’s expulsion. In the second half dispute, the coach was irritated by a substitution at the wrong time. According to him, the fourth referee should have waited for the approval of the coaching staff.

Very irritated, Luís Castro left for the complaint and was very uncomfortable with the referee Edina Alves Batista. After receiving the yellow card, the Botafogo coach continued to complain and was expelled. About the move, he explained what happened and criticized the refereeing team for the Rio classic against Flamengo.

“The referee commands her team and I command mine. I had said that I didn’t want a substitution on set pieces because the player who was going to leave the field is tall, Junior Santos, and he was going to put a shorter player on the field. In football anything can happen, and at that moment the corner game (corner kick), imagine that it was a goal in favor of Flamengo, and all the media would say that I was crazy“, he started.

“But not only for that, it was my decision at that time and I informed the refereeing team that I didn’t want the substitution at that time, so it wasn’t supposed to be done. I don’t allow anyone to intervene in my team, I don’t admit that“, completed Luís Castro. In the summary, Edina Alves Batista gave his version of the episode with the coach.

“I was informed by the fourth referee that the player said he was ready for the substitution and that he could do the same, and after having lifted the substitution plate, the coach had given up the act for the 3rd time, repeatedly uttering the following words: ‘who commands the my team is me’, still punching the air“, wrote the referee of the match.

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