DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS? AVAR FROM FLAMENGO'S NEXT MATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN SUED BY DIEGO RIBAS

Flamengo needs to be aware of the refereeing of the game against Vasco, which takes place on Sunday (2), at Maracanã, at 4pm (Brasília time). Luiz Flávio de Oliveira will be AVAR2, one of the assistants in the video refereeing booth, in addition to Bráulio with the whistle, always controversial. But Luiz has already been involved in a case precisely in a Classic of Millions, but in 2018.

Luiz Flávio de Oliveira refereed the match valid for the second round of the Brasileirão 2018, when Flamengo and Vasco drew 1-1 In the 58th minute, Diego Ribas was sent off. According to the referee, he had sworn at him, and was therefore sent out.

Now retired, Diego Ribas, at the time, claimed not to have spoken out in any harsh way against the referee. Therefore, the decided to sue Luiz Flávio for defamation and ideological falsehood.

The apology took place at the hearing of the 9th Special Criminal Court of the TJ of Rio. In the report, Luiz's defense said: “The party Luiz Flávio de Oliveira regrets and apologizes for the events that occurred that generated the present records; the expression considered offensive reported in the summary at the time of the match that led to the expulsion were not uttered by the athlete. But, due to the turbulent moment of the match, I ended up making a mistake about who would have uttered such an expression”, he claimed.

Thus, the referee joined the process and admitted that he lied to Diego Ribas' wife, in 2018. The attitude It still raises eyebrows among Flamengo fans today, as the team had to play the classic with one less for much of the second half. Interestingly, Vasco was already winning 1-0 and Mengão's equalizer came after the expulsion, scored by Luiz Gustavo, against.