FC Nantes is going through complicated times and the great return of Vahid Halilodzic to the Nantes bench has changed nothing. While he is expected on the lawn of the Parc des Princes this Wednesday to play his late match of the 26e day of Ligue 1, the club is in fact at 17e place in the standings and will have difficulty avoiding relegation.
With 20 points on the clock, the Canaries have lost five points on Auxerre, the current play-off, and undoubtedly saw their last hopes of staying put disappear on Sunday against Brest. While they led 1-0 from the 9e minute of the match, they were caught in the score in added time after yet another refereeing controversy.
The FCN in fact played the last half hour outnumbered after the exclusion of Dehmaine Tabibou, guilty of a foul on Luck Zogbé at the entrance to the area. Guillaume Paradis, who officiated at the whistle, had initially issued a simple warning but had finally issued the red card after having reviewed the images at length.
“The result could be called into question”
But to believe The Teamthe referee finally requested in his report the cancellation of this red card, considering that he was not “100% certain that Mr. ZogbĂ© was able to have clear control of the ball following his control”, and the LFP commission agreed with his opinion by withdrawing the red card, replacing it with a simple yellow.
And according to Pascal Praud, this decision could have serious consequences. “ It would seem that the match between Nantes and Brest, a football match which ended with one goal everywhere, the result could be called into question because the referee would have reversed certain decisions. he said on the set of L’heure des pros, indicating that the information had been communicated to him by SMS by Waldemar Kita, the president of Nantes. A statement that looks like fake news…
