Suspended for three months for intimidating the assistant referee Mr. Stinat during the 16e From the final of the Coupe de France, Medhi Benatia will undoubtedly be careful with the major arbitral show still seen this Saturday on the lawn of the Vélodrome, as part of the 22nd day of L1. A case capable of driving the OM sports director crazy.
While Leonardo Balerdi had just opened the mark against Saint-Etienne, in fact, video assistance requested Mr. Kherradji-the meeting referee who had initially validated the goal of the Argentinian defender-to discover on the screen a Failing allegedly of Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg on the guardian of the Green Gautier Larsonneur.
To the good memory of Benatia
The alleged obstruction of the Danish midfielder on a porter anyway too short and who himself caused contact in the surface was enough for the invalidation of this opening of the score. In general misunderstanding. And the Olympians inevitably remember the failed service of Mr. Kherradji during their release in Rennes, in early January, with two appeals to the Lunar Var and opposite for the Marseillais.
The controversy promises to be all the more fierce in the Marseille city since the video assistant referee is none other than Mr. Bastien-the same one that Medhi Benatia had at the end of the shock between the 'OL and OM at Groupama Stadium last September, a match, however won 2-3 by visitors. “” There is too much that one cannot let pass, whether it is me or the president, had then railed the first adviser of Pablo Longoria. You can't ask yourself every week “is it when they are going to do it to us?” ». There are too many dubious things in the first period. We look at what's going on, Mr. Bastien, Lyon-Marseille, I was not well already … Last year I still remember, watch the episodes. I don't invent anything, I look at the images like everyone else. Why are we concerned all week when we see that it is Mr. Bastien who will arbitrate? »»
