A scent of scandal hung over the Groupama Stadium on Sunday evening. At least that’s the feeling of the Lyonnais after losing at the last minute to PSG (2-3). If the Gones had nothing to say about the winning goal scored by Joao Neves following a corner, several refereeing decisions by Mr. Bastien angered the Lyon camp.
Seen from Lyon, OL should have benefited from two penalties in the first period, the first for a handball by Ilya Zabarnyi, the second for a foul by Kang-In Lee on Nicola Tagliafico. Conversely, the second Parisian goal, scored by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, was marred by a foul by Vitinha on Tanner Tessmann. Finally, the exclusion of Nicolas Tagliafico at the very end of the match was unnecessary given the mistakes made by the Parisians…
As soon as the match ended, Jorge Maciel, Paulo Fonseca’s assistant coach, and Matthieu Louis-Jean, his technical director, stepped up to criticize Mr. Bastien’s refereeing, the first crying scandal and the second evoking a catastrophe. But the two leaders were not the only ones to complain about the referee of the match.
The anger of Corentin Tolisso
The same was true of Corentin Tolisso. “I want to say things, but it’s complicated. I haven’t seen all the images yet. I was on the bench in the first half and for me there was a blatant handball penalty. I think their second goal is also questionable. I saw the slow motion again, it can whistle at the very beginning of the action. For me, there is also a fault on Nico (Tagliafico)…”he first listed, adding: “But beyond that, we have to do better in terms of refereeing. There are mistakes every weekend (…) It’s complicated, it’s hard, we don’t understand everything that’s happening. There is a need for more explanation and dialogue. At the start of the year, we have meetings with a referee, he explains a lot of things to us and in the end, that’s not what is applied. It’s hard. In terms of referees and unfavorable decisions, we are paying dearly this year. Very, very expensive. It’s downright frustrating what’s happening. »
And the French world champion put it all on Instagram. “We are not the only ones paying dearly for it. It’s the same thing every weekend on the Ligue 1 pitches. It might be time to do something! It’s not just the players who need to be up to standard.” he wrote in the night.
The indignation was shared by Nicolas Tagliafico, who shared on Twitter a video compilation of the questionable actions, adding two emojis reflecting his disgust.
Tyler Morton’s brother didn’t wear gloves. “I say it week after week: the referees in this championship are a real disgrace and it sometimes spoils the general level of the competition,” he wrote on X before withdrawing his message. They are ready to do anything to change decisions and put themselves forward, because otherwise they are, as usual, totally incompetent. I’m not surprised. The foul on Tessmann and the hand are clear signs that they do not want to upset the championship leaders. »
Finally, even Alexandre Lacazette, now in Saudi Arabia, reacted. “Well done @OL. Not easy at 11 vs 12″, he wrote.
