Hulk (36) lost his temper this Sunday after the Belo Horizonte derby between his team, the Atletico Mineiroand the America Mineiro (2-2). The striker scored a goal but ended up sent off after confronting the referee, Wilson Sampaio, after the match. He accuses him of having celebrated America’s tie and, later, of having said that he got the red (second yellow) for applauding him in the face.
In front of the television cameras, still on the pitch, Hulk angrily protested the decision, which he later explained, in the mixed zone of the Mineirao Stadium, to the journalists present: “Call him (the referee), because he confronted me and celebrated. I don’t know why, but he yelled in my face. He called his refereeing team and celebrated, in front of me! What does he have to celebrate? The cameraman ‘got’ it all, I think. Good thing he was filming From beginning to end”, he declared outraged by his expulsion.
And he continues: “After throwing me out, I applauded him. Congratulations! He (the referee) said that he sent me off because I applauded. Look at the images and you will see that I applauded after he threw me out.” His teammates Réver and Igor Rabello had to move him towards the locker room.
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