The 1-1 draw between Commercial and XV of Piracicaba, this Friday, in Ribeirão Preto, for the semifinal of Copa Paulista, was marked by the debut of the video challenge in Brazilian football.
The new technology, called FVS (Football Video Support (FVS), was used three times in the game.
In the first, 35 minutes of the 1st half, coach Roberval Davino asked to review a entrance of João Victor in Marcelinho.
The referee Fabiano Monteiro dos Santos went to the video to analyze the bid and confirmed the penalty. Rodrigo Rodrigues charged for the commercial.
In the other two occasions, in the final stage, the referee upheld the field decision: he did not sign a penalty for the XV of Piracicaba and, then, in additions, supported a penalty to XV, converted by Matheus Carvalho in the last bid.
With the result, everything was open to the return game, scheduled for the 29th, at 18h (Brasília), in Piracicaba, worth a place in the decision of the Paulista Cup.
