Olympique Lyonnais did well on Sunday against PSG. Despite the numerous absences, the Rhone club believed they would obtain the point of the draw. But that was without counting on a final Parisian corner and a victorious header from Joao Neves, which would offer victory to the Parisians.
Two minutes earlier, OL had seen Nicolas Tagliafico leave his partners prematurely after receiving a second booking. Enough to provoke the anger of the Lyon camp, which did not hesitate to point the finger at the arbitration of Mr. Bastien and his assessors. Questioned after the meeting, Jorge Maciel, Paulo Fonseca’s deputy, was not the least virulent, even mentioning an arbitration scandal.
“If we have to do referee analyzes every weekend, in all the stadiums in the country, it will be difficult, thus began the Portuguese technician at the microphone of Ligue 1+. I think there are 59,000 people at the stadium, there are only four who haven’t looked at the fouls that need to be analyzed. We don’t even need to watch the replays… When it only happens one way… we don’t understand. When it happens in arrogance, without even having the opportunity to discuss… we don’t understand. »
“Nico (Tagliafico) is sent off, second card. But Afonso, how many fouls suffered and they didn’t get a card? On the other hand, they’re the best team in Europe, they don’t need to play with 16 players, he continued. Parce that I count the VAR too, to come here against a team which played Thursday (in the Europa League), which prepared the match very well and which played well. »
And the exclusion of the Argentine world champion is not the only refereeing decision that poses a problem for Les Gones. According to them, the first two Parisian goals were tainted by a prior fault and a penalty in favor of OL was also forgotten at the end of the first period.
The anger of OL
“Already on PSG’s first goal, there is a foul on Rachid Ghezzal. The second goal is a scandal. Nico’s action is red card and penalty, said Jorge Maciel.
The most important thing is that we really think about what rule we are playing with. Because this match is a rule, next week it will change. It must be clear and the same for everyone. »
“I don’t understand why Zabarnyi didn’t get a card for all the shots he made, I don’t understand why we have four referees on the field, two more for slow motion… but we don’t even need slow motion on Paris’ second goal, he cursed again. Rennes, there… when it’s always for us, it hurts us because we feel that it’s not fair. »
