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Corinthians' Allan shown red card for crotch gesture in match against Fluminense

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Published 2 months ago

Corinthians midfielder Allan Rodrigues ⁠de Souza was sent off for making an ‌obscene gesture towards an opponent ‌during a Brazilian ‌Serie A match, as ‌the VAR intervened after the ‌referee did not see him grabbing his crotch.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/allan/p22fQ7Z5/"]Allan[/a], ‌who signed for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] ⁠in ‌2015 but never played a ​competitive game for the English club ​after failing to get a work permit, had been ⁠booked ​early in the second half at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fluminense/EV9L3kU4/"]Fluminense[/a] on Wednesday after an argument ‌with Luciano Acosta.[/p][p][b]Just as the referee turned away, the 29-year-old made the gesture towards Fluminense forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/serna-kevin/b7PtRooq/"]Kevin Serna[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="f4762eaf-a636-4c2a-a43f-7a7339d70af5" url="https://x.com/DataFutebol/status/2039521506779160777" social-type="twitter" /][p]The referee, alerted by the VAR, went over to the pitchside ‌screen to see replays ​of the incident, before ‌giving Allan his marching orders.[/p][p]Fluminense, level on points with league leaders Palmeiras, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/corinthians-QBGfQbSe/fluminense-EV9L3kU4/?mid=l8eApsH0"]won the game ⁠3-1[/a] ⁠against 11th-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/corinthians/QBGfQbSe/"]‌Corinthians[/a].[/p]

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