New York Times trata decisão do Paulistão como ‘episódio bizarro’

O jornal The New York Times, de grande prestígio nos EUA e no mundo, divulgou em seu caderno de esportes o ocorrido na final do Paulistão 2018 no Allianz Parque.

Corinthians Win State Title After Referee’s About-Face, na tradução, “Corinthians vence título do Estado após volta do árbitro”. Essa foi a manchete. No decorrer do texto, a nota trata o episódio como bizarro.

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Corinthians Win State Title After Referee’s About-Face

(Reuters) – Corinthians won the Sao Paulo state championship on penalties on Sunday, but only after a bizarre episode when the referee awarded a penalty to Palmeiras and then changed his mind after an eight-minute long delay.

With 17 minutes left in the match and the home side Palmeiras trailing 1-0, the referee pointed to the spot when Dudu went down in the box.

The referee then debated the decision with his assistants but several minutes more elapsed before he restarted play with a corner to Palmeiras.

Players from both teams surrounded the officials and riot police appeared on the touchline to prevent the same sort of scuffles that marred the first leg, when two players were sent off.

Palmeiras won that game 1-0 but Corinthians evened things up away from home in the second minute when Rodriguinho side-footed home after a nice cut back from Mateus Vital.

In the shoot-out, Cassio saved penalties from Dudu and Lucas Lima and Corinthians scored four of their five to triumph 4-3.

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In Rio de Janeiro, penalties were also needed for Botafogo to overcome Vasco da Gama and lift the Carioca championship.

Carli scored in injury time to give Botafogo a 1-0 win and even the scores after Vasco’s 3-2 win in the first leg.

In a repeat of what happened in Sao Paulo, Botafogo’s Paraguayan goalkeeper Gatito saved twice as Botafogo won 4-3 on penalties.

In Minas Gerais, Cruzeiro won the Minas state championship by beating city rivals Atletico Mineiro 2-0 to take the title on away goals after losing 3-1 away in the first leg.

Thiago Neves and Giorgian De Arrascaeta scored for Cruzeiro, with Atletico having two men sent off.

Gremio beat Brasil de Pelotas 3-0 away from home to secure their first Rio Grande do Sul state championship in eight years. The Copa Libertadores champions won the first leg 4-0 at home last week.

(Reporting by Andrew Downie; Editing by Ian Chadband)