Rizek believes that CBF could not have chosen Raphael Claus in Flamengo x Botafogo: ‘It would have avoided a fuss. He will be pressed

Raphael Claus will be the referee of the classic between Botafogo It is Flamengonext Sunday, at Maracanã, at Brazilian championship. Despite Alvinegro’s request for a change of judge, as he will be heard at the CPI for Manipulation of Games and Sports BettingThe CBF opted for maintenance.

For the presenter André Rizekfrom “SporTV Seleção”, the entity made a mistake by choosing Claus in the game.

– I wanted to reflect on Raphael Claus, the referee who will referee the classic on Sunday. I was thinking after Marcelo Van Gasse (president of Abrafut) gave an interview here. His selection for this game was made before John Textor’s testimony at the CPI and before he was announced as a future guest, who has not yet been called up. I have no prior information to take away Claus’ credibility, today I consider him the main referee in Brazilian football. I wanted to reflect on whether the CBF made the best decision. Not to keep it, because Botafogo protests after Claus was selected. Afterwards there is no way to change, the CBF says that FIFA prohibits it. Botafogo knows, makes a request to express dissatisfaction and the CBF – stressed Rizek.

– The question I ask is whether Claus was the best choice. Not because of his quality, but because we know that he is one of the referees in John Textor’s sights. Does the CBF have to be guided? No, but it has to be safe. I know several stories of managers going to the entity, “let’s not use a state referee”. The CBF, precisely because Ednaldo Rodrigues sues Textor under the CPF, not Botafogo’s CNPJ, could have avoided a fuss. Even to protect Claus himself, who is under a lot of pressure from both clubs. Flamengo may think that some move is to compensate, Botafogo may cause a scandal over any inverted side. It would be smart for the CBF to choose someone else, like Wilton Pereira Sampaio, and avoid the previous noise. The last Botafogo x Flamengo was refereed by Claus, we evaluated the performance as good, Botafogo caused a scandal due to two interpretative moves. I would have avoided it – added Rizek.