After a first day of the Champions League, French clubs will find their domestic championship on behalf of the 5th day of Ligue 1. In particular Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, which will compete in the first classic of the season this Sunday at 8:45 p.m. The 110th in history. On the sidelines of this weekend, the LFP therefore unveiled its list of referees assigned on each of the lawns of the championship.
Jérôme Brisard was formalized as the main arbitrator of this match, alongside Alexis Auger and Erwan Finjean in assistant referees, as well as Ruddy Buquet as 4th referee. The latter had caused a lot of ink to flow in France after a controversial decision on the last day of Ligue 1.. A match between the Stade Rennais and Olympique Lyonnais marked by the sole of Anthony Rouault on Khalis Merah not punished in the first period, followed by the exclusion of Tyler Morton on the Lyon side.
Jérôme Brisard was one of the main instigators of the defamation complaint filed by Ligue 1 referees against Pablo Longoria last February. As a reminder, the president of OM had put himself in all his states to leave an Auxerre-OM (3-0). “It's real corruption!” »»he had shouted in the corridors of Father-deschamps, furious in the face of the exclusion of Derek Cornelius by Jérémy Stinat.
OM advantaged?
For Olympique de Marseille, the appointment of Jérôme Brisard recalls a good memory. That of the last victory of the Marseille club against Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. For this, we must go back to September 13, 2020 and a Marseille victory (0-1) at the Parc des Princes, on a goal from Florian Thauvin (31st).
The meeting had ended in chaos, with five red cards distributed, three for Paris (Layvin Kurzawa, Leandro Paredes and Neymar Jr) and two for Marseille (Jordan Amavi and Dario Benedetto), and 14 yellow cards including 8 for the Olympians.
Jérôme Brisard, the referee of the next OM-PSG.
