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📹 VAR drama and bizarre goal seal Brasileirão's first relegation
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- 📹 VAR drama and bizarre goal seal Brasileirão's first relegation
📹 VAR drama and bizarre goal seal Brasileirão's first relegation
Mirassol beat Chapecoense 2-1 at Arena Condá on Tuesday (3) in Matchday 34 of the 2026 Brasileirão.
The Santa Catarina side opened the scoring through Kauan early in the first half, following an assist from Giovanni Augusto.
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Mirassol's comeback began before halftime amid plenty of controversy surrounding referee Lucas Paulo Torezin's decisions.
VAR intervened twice over penalty incidents.
On the first occasion, the referee went to the monitor to review a handball inside the box and awarded a penalty.
Reinaldo, however, missed his third consecutive penalty of the season.
Then, in first-half stoppage time, another controversial refereeing decision followed, with a VAR review confirming a penalty for Camilo's foul on Alesson.
This time, the left-back smashed his spot-kick into the top corner to bring Mirassol level.
At halftime, the match officials even had to leave the pitch under a military police escort because of the Chapecoense fans' anger.
To top it off, less than 15 minutes into the second half, goalkeeper Anderson made one of the most bizarre blunders of the season, resulting in the own goal that completed Mirassol's comeback.
Chapecoense piled on the pressure and fought until the final minute, but could not find an equalizer.
🚦 What it means
The win took Mirassol to 40 points and up to 12th place, opening up a four-point gap over Corinthians, who occupy the first spot in the relegation zone.
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Chapecoense, meanwhile, despite having a game in hand over the other teams, remained bottom with 21 points and are mathematically relegated to Série B.
With five matches left to play, the side from western Santa Catarina could only match Corinthians' tally of 36 points, leaving them with no chance of catching Grêmio (37 points).
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
