The controversies since the start of the season have been legion in Marseille. Through the voice of Pablo Longoria or Medhi Benatia – which has not been spared by the various disciplinary bodies hitherto – OM management on several occasions has risen to the niche to denounce contrary arbitral decisions. Right or wrong.
In the crosshairs of the Olympians in particular, the use of video assistance and its use. With very often a large place left to interpretation, and nevertheless a certain influence on the central arbitrator thus requested by his assessors dedicated to the Var. This was the case this weekend again during reception at the AS Saint-Etienne Velodrome, with a goal refused to Leonardo Balerdi after viewing images of a contact between Pierre-Emile Höbjerg and Gautier Larsonneur, the porter of the Green.
The question of Var operators
According to Insider Mohamed Toubache-Ter, specializing in behind the scenes of the Ballon Rond, OM during a recent board of directors of the Professional Football League (LFP) ”
requested information on Var operators ». A request that has remained a dead letter to date. However, the subject promises to quickly return to the table in view of the allegations of the X Massilia Zone account.
On Sunday in a fed thread, the account dedicated to OM news has pinned one of these Var operators responsible for dissecting the images presented to the referees to correct any errors of appreciation. The individual in question, claiming to be publicly supporting PSG-or even hostile to OM in some of his publications-would have officiated in particular on the OL-OM, OM-PSG, OM-Lille and Om-Asse controversial matches.
“” This thread was not intended to denounce a plot against OM (in which we do not believe), but the amateurism of French football institutions and their subcontractors
“, Specifies this Massilia Zone Monday. OM's request for the profile of Var operators could thus be reconsidered.
