Indignant by the penalty marking in favour of Athletico- PR in the defeat in Curitiba, by 2 to 1, for the second round of the group phase of Liberators, Atlético forwarded a letter to Conmebol in which it contests the penalty and the performance of VAR and referee Pablo Echavarria.
The alvinegro club directed the document to the arbitration committee of the South American Confederation. The Rooster disputes the marking and the criterion used to confirm the maximum penalty for Hurricane.
In the document, Atlético points the bid with a comparison with what happened against the LibertadFrom Paraguay, in the Mineirão, when the ball visibly touches Melgarejo's arm in the Mineirão. The first round was very similar to that of Paulinho, in the Arena da Baixada, but the Pampulha Giant was not scored and even the referee was called to review the bid.
Against Athletico-PR, the ball rolled in the belly and then in Paulinho's arm. After six minutes of review, referee Pablo Echavarria was called to the monitor and confirmed the penalty against Rooster.
"Sometimes I don't look at the play before coming here, but now I do. No one behind (Paulinho) to make the goal of Athletico Paranaense. What is the criterion to stay seven minutes seeking the penalty, when in the game against the Libertad There's the penalty that doesn't mark, and the VAR doesn't call? What is the criterion?" declared Coudet, after the departure.
Until the morning of Thursday (20), Conmebol had not made public the audio of the communication of the VAR with the referee Pablo Echavarria, in the bid of the penalty in favor of Hurricane.
