Anaf enters the STJD asking for Jailson Macedo Freitas to be banned: ‘His external interference encourages us to believe that John Textor, from Botafogo, may be right’

John Textor may be right in the allegations of match-fixing in Brazilian football. This is what the ANAF (National Association of Football Referees), which will take action in STJD calling for a ban on Jailson Macedo Freitas. He is president of the Committee on arbitration of the Bahia Football Federation and, according to the coach Renato Gauchointerfered in the expulsion of Diego Costa in Bahia 1 x 0 Guildwhich I could not have done.

Anaf released a note and cited the shareholder of SAF do Botafogo. Read the statement released on Twitter “Lei Em Campo”:

“What happened last Saturday, the 27th, at Arena Fonte Nova, in Salvador, was an EXTREMELY SERIOUS event that once again puts Brazilian arbitration in check.

Without authorization to be on the field of play in the match valid for Series A of the Brasileirão, between Bahia x Grêmio, the director of referees of the Bahia Football Federation, Jailson Macedo Freitas, who holds the position of advisor/analyst/delegate of the CBF, dishonestly informed the fourth referee, Fernando Antonio Mendes de Salles Nascimento Filho, from the state of Pará, that Grêmio athlete Diego Costa should be expelled. This, in addition to violating the rules of the game, serves as a basis for Grêmio to file a request to cancel the match, further exposing our category.

After the action, caught on camera, the athlete was expelled, generating a revolt from coach Renato Gaúcho, who asked his entire technical committee and the club’s reserve athletes to leave the bench and go to the locker room.

Jailson Freitas’ external interference encourages us to believe that the president of Botafogo’s SAF, John Textor, may be right in the statements he made about result manipulation in the Brazilian championship, something that buries once and for all the bankrupt management of Ednaldo Rodriguesand the unprepared, Wilson Seneme, at CBF, under the threat of a public apology to the American if the allegations are confirmed.

Therefore, ANAF will today file a lawsuit with the Superior Court of Sports Justice – STJD, asking for the immediate ban of Jailson Freitas, from football, in view not only of the very serious fact at hand, but also to safeguard Brazilian arbitration which needs give again and have good examples

Valentine Psalm
President of ANAF”

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