For his unspeakable attitude towards referee Benoît Millot last Sunday, Paulo Fonseca received an exemplary sanction. The coach of Olympique Lyonnais was suspended nine months, until November 30, 2025 included, by the disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League.
His wife, Kateryna Fonseca, took offense at this decision.
“Nine months for a few seconds of cries?” An absurd, scandalous and unprecedented decision. What is requested is justice, not a political execution “reacted the 34 -year -old Ukrainian young woman, quoted by A BOLA.
Fonseca, the OL above-ground press release
On Wednesday evening, OL had published a press release to rebel this sanction. “The club deplores that its coach was not tried on his only acts, an emotional reaction, without a manifest intention of attacking the referee physically, Can we read on the Rhodanian club website. In the light of a sanction which seems to be dictated by a deleterious context affecting French arbitration, OL announces now that it is studying all possible appeal solutions. More than ever, the club is united and focused on its sporting goals. »»
Paulo Fonseca, who arrived on the banks of the Rhône last January to succeed Pierre Sage, will also be suspended from access to his own locker room until September 15. It will probably be sanctioned internally.
