FLAMENGO MANAGER SLAMS CLASSIC REFEREE: "IT WAS A DISCREPANCY OF CRITERION..."

Last Saturday night (9), the Flamengo dominated the Fluminense and won the first leg of the Carioca semifinals 2-0. However, despite Mais Querido's triumph, Bruno Spindel complained about the Fla x Flu refereeing. For the director, Yuri Elino lacked criteria in fouls and cards.

"On the referee's part, what we saw most seriously was the discrepancy in criteria in the disciplinary area. It doesn't fit, in a game like this , the discrepancy becomes glaring in fouls at Arrascaeta, and yellow at De La Cruz. There was no yellow in a violent move by Felipe Melo, who would later take the second. It also took VAR to give a red in a move of that violence, it is completely without meaning", said Bruno Spindel, in a press conference after Flamengo's victory this Saturday (09).

FOULES AND CARDS

In the 18th minute of the first half, Yuri Elino was carded for De La Cruz after a technical foul, stopping a counterattack. However, Arrascaeta had already suffered similar fouls and the referee did not punish the Fluminense athletes in the same way.

In addition, Everton Cebolinha received a strong tackle from Thiago Santos and, initially, the referee only gave the player a yellow card. Fluminense defender. Only after a review by the VAR, did Yuri Elino decide to expel Thiago.

FOCUS ON THE RETURN MATCH

Now, the Flamengo focuses on the return match against Fluminense. The game will be next Saturday (16), at 9pm, at Maracanã. Remembering that Mais Querido has the advantage of two goals.