Renato Gaúcho detonates the performance of the president of the CBF commission

The penalty scored in favor of Flamengo in the defeat by 1 to 0 suffered by Grêmio on Wednesday, during the return game of the semifinals of the Copa do Brasil, made Renato Gaúcho criticize Wilson Seneme, president of the Arbitration Commission of the CBF. The Gremista coach understands that the former referee is not solid in his criteria when analyzing bids from the national championships. Seneme runs a weekly CBF program, in which he comments on refereeing performance.

“I, who live from football, don’t understand some rules, it’s not that I don’t understand, it’s just that it’s difficult to understand some rules. It’s very easy, Seneme comes and says ‘here was a penalty, wasn’t it’. Who is Seneme for say that this is a penalty and that is not a penalty?. What does he understand more about football than we do? Ah, he was a referee, he is a former referee… I am a former player. So, the question I ask for him is what he understands more about rules than I do?”, said Renato.

In the bid in question, Flamengo player Léo Pereira headed and the ball touched the hand of Gremista Rodrigo Ely. After checking the VAR, Arrascaeta went to charge and converted. Renato compared the move to a move that took place in the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil, in the duel between Grêmio and Bahia. On that occasion, in the 21st minute of the second half, Uvini headed in and the ball touched Rezende’s arm, but the referee did not award a penalty. He also mentioned a similar move against Flamengo, for the Brasileirão.

“Our move can see, against Bahia, the first game of the quarterfinals for the Copa do Brasil, a much worse move than what we saw here and it wasn’t a penalty. Here against Flamengo we lost for the Brazilian Championship, I don’t know how much he was, Fabrício himself said it was a penalty and today he said it himself, the Flamengo defender, it was not a penalty”, he said.

After the rain of criticism, Renato Gaúcho suggested that Seneme start calling coaches to assess the performance of referees. “The referee is always right for him. Players ask me: ‘what rule is that? If I do that is it a penalty or not?’ it’s the game, I’m not even complaining about today’s penalty. I watch all the games in the Brazilian, Serie A and Serie B. I see every shot that is a penalty here, not there. It’s hard to understand, and there are the tools. He owns the truth. Do the following, when you give an opinion, take three or four coaches and let them also give an opinion, side by side, live”

As it was defeated by 2-0 in the first leg against Flamengo, in Porto Alegre, Grêmio entered the field needing to return the two-goal advantage to take the decision to penalties or make three difference to advance directly. After losing 1-0 in Rio, he was eliminated.