Cracking game here yesterday which finished Flamengo 4-3 Bahia. Flamengo went 1 up and then had a player sent off after 9 minutes. They then went 2-0 up before falling behind 2-3. They then made the come back - all with 10 players for 81 minutes of the game (I don’t think we managed a shot with our one man advantage against Fulham).

Anyway Gabriel was sent off (straight red) for allegedly saying “go f*** yourself “ to the ref. I’ve never played football at any decent level and so I was wanting the opinion of those that had. Was that an unusually harsh decision or normal?

I’ve seen many players mouthing “f*** off” to the ref in the PL (especially that horrible mackem who plays for Liverpool) and so I was surprised at the referee’s explanation for the sending off yesterday.