Conmebol appoint Pablo Ramon as VAR for Argentina friendlies
Conmebol have appointed Brazil Pablo Ramon Gonçalves Pinheiro as VAR for Argentina friendly with Uruguay and AVAR against Costa Rica. He will work the games on 13 November in Buenos Aires and 17 November in Córdoba, following a request from the Argentine FA.

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A Conmebol escalou um brasileiro para a equipe de vídeo dos dois amistosos que a Argentina disputa em novembro. Pablo Ramon Gonçalves Pinheiro, árbitro potiguar do quadro VAR/Fifa, vai comandar o VAR no clássico com o Uruguai e será AVAR no duelo com a Costa Rica.
A primeira partida está marcada para 13 de novembro, em Buenos Aires, diante do Uruguai. Quatro dias mais tarde, em 17 de novembro, os argentinos recebem a Costa Rica em Córdoba.
A escala atendeu a um pedido da Associação Argentina de Futebol, e a equipe será formada só por brasileiros. Além de Pablo Ramon e de Rodrigo Guarizo, escalados para o VAR, foram chamados os centrais Flávio de Souza e Bruno Arleu, com Nailton de Souza e Luanderson Lima como assistentes.
A CBF também promoveu o potiguar Flávio Gomes Barroca à categoria AVAR Master. O reconhecimento veio depois de ele completar 150 jogos como assistente de vídeo na Série A do Campeonato Brasileiro, o nível mais alto da carreira de um árbitro na entidade.
“Sinto uma felicidade enorme e vejo como uma forma de reconhecimento por todo o nosso empenho à arbitragem brasileira em mais de duas décadas. Divido essa promoção como todos os colegas árbitros e com as comissões (estadual e nacional), que fizeram parte desta longa caminhada arbitral”, comemorou Flávio Barroca.
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