Luis Zubeldía collected yellow and red cards during his time in charge of São Paulo.
But he had not yet been sent off while managing Fluminense.
That changed for the first time this Sunday (22), during the first semifinal of the Campeonato Carioca against Vasco.
The match is at halftime with a partial victory for Tricolor.
The Argentine coach drew attention when he couldn’t contain himself after being sent off by referee Jodis Nascimento de Souza just 23 minutes in.
The Atmosphere was HEATED
The first card of the match came at 20', after Cruzmaltino Gómez stopped a counterattack by bringing down Lucho Acosta.
Then at the 21st minute, a yellow for Tricolor’s Bernal for a foul on Spinelli.
And another for Freytes, who had already been “begging” to be booked.
Then came the sending off for Zubeldía.
The Tricolor coach was complaining about a possible foul on Martinelli not being called before the incident involving Bernal. And saw the red card raised.
His reaction was to invade the pitch to confront the referee.
He had to be restrained.
See below:
Fluminense opened the scoring at the 31st minute. A set piece play and a goal by Serna.
His fifth of the season.
Tricolor had good chances to extend the lead on counterattacks, but failed to finish. Especially with John Kennedy.
Vasco, on the other hand, became more dangerous when Rojas “got into” the game. Forcing Fábio to make a great save.
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