Stéphane Tapie, son of the former president of Olympique de Marseille, made a highly commented outing following the club’s failure against Panathinaikos (2-1, 3-5 tab).
Despite a success against Panathinaikos, Olympique de Marseille suffered the law of penalties (2-1 3-5 pens) on Tuesday evening at the Stade Vélodrome. This result is a first failure this season for the Marseille club, which will not compete in the prestigious Champions League.
The course of this match will leave a bitter taste to the Marseillais, victims, in their eyes, of several very questionable arbitration decisions… A scenario which has generated a rather strange reflection among certain observers, such as Stéphane Tapie, son of the illustrious and regretted Bernard Tapie, who did not hesitate to point the finger at President Pablo Longoria.
“When you get your ass broken in the first leg by the referee, you make sure it doesn’t happen in the second leg”
Stéphane Tapie believes that the current boss of OM obviously did not prepare the ground enough with the refereeing body after a first leg where the Marseillais had already considered themselves wronged, in Athens. ” What to say ? The players did the job but Longoria didn’t. When you get your ass kicked (sic) in the first leg by the referee, you make sure it doesn’t happen in the second leg. President of OM, it’s not just recruiting and selling players“, launched Stéphane Tapie on Twitter. A message that obviously generated multiple reactions…
