” All was planned, organized, from the yellow box of Balerdi against Angers. It's a shit championship, if the superligue comes to see us, we go right away. It is corruption, real corruption ”. These remarks released by Pablo Longoria in the corridors of Father-Deschamps, Saturday evening, after the broad reverse of Olympique de Marseille against AJ Auxerre (0-3), triggered a lively controversy in the large family of French football.
On Sunday, the management of the arbitration was dryly cropped the president of theOMwhile publicly posting his support for the referee of the match. “” We express our solidarity to JĂ©rĂ©my Stinat who saw his home be degraded », Used JĂ©rĂ´me Brisard at the Dazn microphone.
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A confirmed speech in an official statement from the body. A defamation complaint should be filed by the union of arbitrators against Longoria. “” No, Mr. Longoria, French referees are not corrupt!can we read in a press release. Losing a match cannot justify calling into question the probity of French referees. Evoking an organized corruption system is not only defamatory for the referees evolving in the professional championships: it is proof of ignorance of their work and their commitment to the service of football and it is to throw in grazing all the referees officiating At professional but also amateur levels, with the consequences that this can cause. SAFE cannot accept it and has therefore decided to seize the National Ethics Committee following these particularly scandalous remarks. Complaints will be filed for defamation. And against all people causing hate messages and death threats received since last night“.
Worse still, the FFF took hold of the file. Philippe Diallo made very strong remarks. “These are serious, unacceptable and unacceptable remarks. How do you want that at the amateur level, the referees are respected, when at the highest level of French football there are such behaviors. I know the pressure and the issues that may exist for professional clubs. Everyone must keep right and I do not remember in the past that we have been able to accuse our arbitration of corruption. The Federation is in support of all of its professional as well as an amateur and obviously of Mr. Stinat. Before the match, the tires of its two vehicles were punctured. His wife realized when she was going to take the highway. There is a call to reason. We cannot accept such remarks ”. It remains to be seen what sanction Olympique de Marseille risks in this case. The controversy is just beginning.
