The club coach Vasco da Gama from Rio de Janeiro, Argentina Ramon Diaz This Wednesday he questioned the presence of a “woman” in charge of video refereeing, a statement that caused controversy in Brazil. “Football is different, and the fact that the VAR was decided by a woman seems a bit complicated to me,” the 64-year-old coach said at a press conference in Bragança after his team’s 2-1 defeat against to Bragantino in the Brazilian championship.
Criticizing Brazilian officiating as a whole, Diaz questioned VAR referee Daiane Muniz’s decision not to award a possible penalty to Vasco in Vasco’s previous match, which beat Gremio Porto Alegre 2-1, on Sunday in Rio.
Díaz apologized to reporters a few minutes later and said that his statement, which was considered “sexist” by some local media and on social networks, had been misinterpreted. “What I want to say is that a single person cannot decide, make a decision as important (…) as VAR’s intervention,” he tried to explain outside the Nabi Abi Chedid stadium.
On social media, Vasco da Gama regretted his coach’s comments and reaffirmed “his commitment to adopting the necessary educational measures in accordance with his determinations, values and principles.” “We apologize, as does our coach,” it read.
Source: La Verdad
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