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Santos plans formal complaint after disputed penalty in 2-1 defeat
Santos lost 2-1 to Red Bull Bragantino in Brazil’s top league.
The club’s main complaint is that referee Edina did not award a penalty after forward Rony fell in the box in the 35th minute of the second half.
Video referee Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral did not recommend that Edina review the incident.
Santos officials and coach Cuca said the contact should have led to a penalty, and a television analyst also judged that the call was wrong.
Football director Alexandre Mattos said Santos has contacted Brazil’s football confederation and will file a formal complaint.
The defeat left Santos ninth on 47 points and further from a place in the 2027 Copa Libertadores.
Santos is next scheduled to play Coritiba on November 18.
Santos lost 2-1 to Red Bull Bragantino in the Brazilian Championship in Bragança Paulista.
Santos players and staff questioned a penalty decision after Rony went down in the area in the 35th minute of the second half.
Gabigol said the incident was a penalty and compared it with a call against Santos in its previous match against Palmeiras.
Coach Cuca said the video assistant referee should have asked the referee to review the play.
Santos football director Alexandre Mattos said the club had contacted the Brazilian Football Confederation and would file a formal complaint.
- Who
- Santos lost to Red Bull Bragantino; Gabigol, coach Cuca and director Alexandre Mattos criticized the refereeing.
- What
- Santos lost 2-1 and challenged the decision not to award a penalty to Rony.
- When
- Monday, November 2, during the 34th round of the Brazilian Championship.
- Where
- Bragança Paulista, Brazil.
- Why
- Santos said Rony was brought down in the area and questioned why the referee did not award a penalty or review the play.
Santos
Match officials
Penalty decision
Santos
Santos figures said Rony was fouled and a penalty should have been awarded.
Match officials
The referee allowed play to continue, and the video assistant referee did not recommend a review.
Rodinei scored an own goal in the fourth minute after Ryan crossed the ball.
Rony went down in the area after a challenge involving Ryan, but the referee let play continue and the VAR did not recommend a review.
Gabigol and Cuca criticized the penalty decision, and Mattos said Santos had contacted the Brazilian Football Confederation.
- Result
- Red Bull Bragantino 2-1 Santos
- Competition
- 34th round of the Brazilian Championship
- Penalty incident
- Rony went down in the area in the 35th minute of the second half
- Referee
- Edina
- VAR official
- Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral
- Santos league position
- Ninth, with 47 points
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What people are saying
O Santos não vai ficar mais calado.
O que me causa espanto é um lance desse nem ser chamado pelo VAR.
Foi pênalti contra o Palmeiras e foi pênalti hoje!
Claramente o jogador do Red Bull Bragantino vai no corpo do adversário. Isso é pênalti.
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Análise do possível pênalti no Rony. RB Bragantino 2x1 Santos 🗣️ Edina Alves Batista – SP/FIFA 🖥️ VAR: Rodrigo Guarizo Ferreira do Amaral – SP/FIFA