WorldReferee.com - Sergio Pezzotta matches

Date

2007-06-27

Match

Brazil

Mexico

Result

0 - 2

Yellow

3 - 1

Red

0 - 0

Penalty

0 - 0

this match

overall

Our marks

7.5

7.8

Your marks

7.8

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Reporter's marks

Control: Only the Mexican coach Sanchez protested once or twice

Calls: Few mistakes

Neutrality:

Style:

This one seems to be a good referee

Other reports for this match (1)

1) report by Gaston Freire

Control: Good, close eye on the ball.

Calls: Some minor errors and Diego's goal was not off-side (mistake of linesman, but still..)

Neutrality: Brazil was the better team..., they needed a little bit of luck...

Style: He stays very calm and correct: very good.

Pezotta is a very good referee. In this game the best thing I liked was the yellow for Alves after a useless dive when nobody touched him.

Sergio Pezzotta matches

'12-10-12 Colombia - Paraguay (2 - 0)'12-08-30 Racing Club - Colón (1 - 2)'12-05-01 Cruz Azul - Libertad (1 - 1)'12-01-31 Libertad - El Nacional (4 - 1)'11-11-03 LDU Quito - Libertad (1 - 0)'11-10-07 Peru - Paraguay (2 - 0)'11-09-08 Vélez Sarsfield - Argentinos Juniors (4 - 0)'11-07-17 Brazil - Paraguay (0 - 0)'11-07-08 Peru - Mexico (1 - 0)'11-07-03 Paraguay - Ecuador (0 - 0)'11-06-22 Santos FC - Peñarol (2 - 1)'11-06-07 Brazil - Romania (1 - 0)'11-05-12 Jaguaras Chiapas - Cerro Porteno (1 - 1)'11-04-28 Fluminense - Libertad (3 - 1)'11-04-06 Deportivo Tachira - Cerro Porteno (0 - 2)'11-03-16 Colo-Colo - Santos FC (3 - 2)'11-02-16 Once Caldas - Univ. San Martin (0 - 3)'11-02-02 Gremio - Liverpool (ur) (3 - 1)'10-08-26 Independiente - Argentinos Juniors (1 - 0)'10-08-03 Universidad de Chile - Guadalajara (0 - 2)'10-05-06 Libertad - Once Caldas (2 - 1)'10-04-14 Universidad Católica - Flamengo (2 - 0)'10-03-10 Ind. Medellin - Corinthians (1 - 1)'10-02-10 Sao Paulo - Monterrey CF (2 - 0)'09-10-21 Cerro Porteno - Botafogo (2 - 1)'09-10-01 Fluminense - Alianza Atletico (4 - 1)'09-09-23 Internacional - Universidad de Chile (1 - 1)'09-09-05 Colombia - Ecuador (2 - 0)'09-08-19 River Plate - Lanús (1 - 2)'09-06-18 Sao Paulo - Cruzeiro (0 - 2)'09-06-06 Paraguay - Chile (0 - 2)'09-05-05 Palmeiras - Sport Recife (1 - 0)'09-04-01 Brazil - Peru (3 - 0)'09-03-11 Boyacá Chicó F.C. - Gremio (0 - 1)'09-03-03 Palmeiras - Colo-Colo (1 - 3)'09-02-18 Sao Paulo - Ind. Medellin (1 - 1)'09-02-05 Club Nacional - El Nacional (3 - 3)'08-11-20 Estudiantes - Argentinos Juniors (1 - 0)'08-05-08 River Plate - San Lorenzo (2 - 2)'08-04-09 Cienciano - Flamengo (0 - 3)'08-03-20 Sportivo Luqueño - Sao Paulo (1 - 1)'08-03-05 Sao Paulo - Audax Italiano (2 - 1)'07-11-18 Uruguay - Chile (2 - 2)'07-11-08 Arsenal de Sarandí - River Plate (0 - 0)'07-10-10 Sao Paulo - Millonarios (0 - 1)'07-09-06 San Lorenzo - Arsenal de Sarandí (0 - 3)'07-08-21 Libertad - Defensor Sporting (2 - 2)'07-07-08 Mexico - Paraguay (6 - 0)'07-07-04 Brazil - Ecuador (1 - 0)• '07-06-27 Brazil - Mexico (0 - 2)'07-06-07 Internacional - Pachuca (4 - 0)'07-05-30 Gremio - Santos FC (2 - 0)'07-05-22 Nacional (UR) - Cucuta Deportivo (2 - 2)'07-05-10 Necaxa - Nacional (UR) (0 - 1)'07-04-24 Gremio - Cerro Porteno (1 - 0)'07-03-21 Necaxa - Sao Paulo (2 - 1)'07-02-28 Sao Paulo - Alianza Lima (4 - 0)'07-02-21 Nacional (UR) - Internacional (3 - 1)'07-02-07 Santos FC - Blooming (5 - 0)'07-01-23 Brazil u20 - Uruguay u20 (3 - 1)'07-01-21 Colombia u20 - Uruguay u20 (0 - 2)'07-01-09 Paraguay u20 - Peru u20 (1 - 0)'07-01-07 Brazil u20 - Chile u20 (4 - 2)'06-09-19 Colo-Colo - Coronel Bolognesi (1 - 0)'06-08-22 San Lorenzo - Banfield (2 - 1)'06-03-22 Internacional - Pumas UNAM (3 - 2)'06-01-21 Nacional (UR) - Universitario (2 - 2)'05-05-19 Once Caldas - Tigres (1 - 1)'05-05-10 Atletico Paranaense - Ind. Medellin (0 - 4)'05-04-15 Uruguay u17 - Colombia u17 (1 - 0)'05-04-09 Paraguay u17 - Brazil u17 (3 - 2)'05-04-01 Venezuela u17 - Paraguay u17 (1 - 3)'04-09-07 Arsenal de Sarandí - River Plate (2 - 1)'04-03-25 Guaraní - Santos (Ang) (1 - 2)'04-03-16 Santos Laguna - Caracas FC (3 - 1)'03-03-25 12 de Octubre - Santos FC (1 - 4)'02-09-11 Gimnasia La Plata - Boca Juniors (3 - 1)'02-04-02 Olimpia Asuncion - Universidad Católica (1 - 1)'02-02-26 Cobreloa - Alianza Lima (5 - 0)'02-02-14 River Plate - Talleres (0 - 0)'01-07-29 Cruzeiro - Colo-Colo (1 - 1)'00-08-22 Palmeiras - Universidad Católica (1 - 1)'00-03-09 Atletico Paranaense - Emelec (1 - 0)

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CONMEBOL COPA AMERICA 2007 group stage:
Brazil - Mexico, 0 - 2. Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, 2007-06-27

Argentinian referee Sergio Pezzotta officiated this match in an impressive and very modern Cachamay in Puerto Ordaz. We didn't see a complicated game, but the fact that there were two big teams playing here, makes his correct job important.

Pezzotta chose the red
Pezzotta chose the red... but not the card. I'm talking about the red Adidas t-shirt, the same colour as the one Horacio Elizondo wore in the World Cup 2006 Final. There was another coincidence: assistant Rodolfo Otero was there to help Pezzotta out, just as he did Elizondo in the aformentioned match.

Good choice
At least for Pezzotta, who seemed calm and always in control. He tried to make the game more dynamic, not whistling for little things or childish situations. There were little mistakes, but in relevant actions, he did it OK.

Well located
Pezzotta was always well located. This helped the referee: for example, when in the 2nd half the Brazilians claimed a handsball after the ball had struck a Mexican defender's face near the "Aztecas" goal line. A hand was not used here and Pezzotta knew it. Another thing: Pezzotta only booked when necessary (4 yellows, 3 Brazilians, 1 Mexican).

Another linesman mistake
We saw another linesman mistake in this game. Not by Otero, a great referee himself. It was Juan Arroyo from Bolivia who flagged wrongly when Diego scored for Brazil. After that, Mexico scored twice (a great goal by Castillo) and was much better than the confused Brazilian team. The "Penta" improved during the 2nd half, but there was a great Mexican goalkeeper there, and strong defenders.

From our reporter: Sheriff