Beaten Friday evening in Lyon (1-0), OGC Nice cried scandal over the arbitration of Mr. Turpin, who allegedly refused several penalties to the Aiglons. The people of the Riviera think they have been robbed.
The people of Nice have it bad. Beaten on Friday evening in Lyon (1-0), at the opening of the 22nd day of Ligue 1, Francesco Farioli’s men could lose their second place in the standings, depending on the results of Monaco and Brest. Above all, the AzurĂ©ens believe they have been greatly harmed by the arbitration of ClĂ©ment Turpin.
After the meeting, President Jean-Pierre Rivère appeared before the media to denounce this injustice. “Being a referee is very difficult and it is normal to make mistakes, confided the Nice leader, in comments relayed by L’Equipe. If I took a whistle, I would too. But at some point it adds up. That’s several matches with refereeing errors even though there is VAR. So what is it for? It’s no longer possible, it’s accumulating… Last weekend against Monaco (2-3), Mr. Turpin was the VAR referee and it was he who had Dante sent off even though the central referee had not signaled of fault. Tonight (Friday evening), I don’t understand. »
According to Rivère, there were at least two valid penalties for Nice. The president of the Gym does not think of Maxence Caqueret’s hand on Morgan Sanson’s shot, but above all “to the nudge of (Duje) Caleta-Car on (Evann) Guessand”, and to “the fault of (Nicolas) Tagliafico on (Jordan) Lotomba. »
“Turpin, he has to come back down”
Clearly, it is Mr. Turpin who is in the sights of Jean-Pierre Rivère, who does not mince his words against him. “At some point, he has to question himself. I do not understand anything anymore. It’s serious not even being able to speak to a referee after a match, we are also players in the game. He says to me: “Don’t touch me! Don’t point your finger at me! » I would like him to explain, but he is untouchable. At some point, he (Turpin) has to come back down. The stakes are high. When I saw that he was officiating this evening (Friday evening), I said to myself: “Ouch ouch ouch. » »
Definitely very angry, OGC Nice did not hesitate to relay an old front page from L’Equipe, with an evocative title (“Nice stolen from Lyon”), to express its feelings. This has the merit of being clear…
