After OM’s defeat against PSG (1-2) on Sunday evening at the Vélodrome, Marseille’s frustration was not limited to the result. At the microphone of Hugo Decrypts Marseilleseveral Olympians returned to an action which caused debate, that involving Amine Gouiri and Désiré Doué in the Parisian area just before the break. Launched into the area, the Marseille striker was hit by the Parisian’s leg, but François Letexier did not whistle a penalty and the VAR did not intervene. A decision which quickly provoked reactions on the Marseille side, some believing that the contact justified a penalty, while others considered that Gouiri had already lost the ball and that the action could be left to the interpretation of the referee.
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The Marseillais showed their annoyance at the microphone of Hugo Decrypts Marseille regarding this arbitration. A controversy which adds to a particularly heavy context for OM, beaten for the fourth consecutive time in Ligue 1 and now 17th in the ranking after this 5th day. Paris opened the scoring through Ferran Torres in the 66th minute, Angel Gomes equalized six minutes later, before Marquinhos gave PSG the lead again in the 74th. OM also finished the match with ten men after the expulsion of Timothy Weah in the 77th minute.
