Saint-Etienne beat Lyon Sunday evening on behalf of the 30e Ligue 1 lifting (2-1). Not without a controversy linked to the arbitration of Mr. Letexier, who after having inflicted a red card at the Stéphanois Lucas Stassin for a sole on the Lyonnais Corentin Tolisso – finally released on stretcher – was changed after consultation with video assistance.
If the main interested party since has admitted his error, and if the technical direction of arbitration confirmed that the Var had been zeal on this action, the consequences are not less. For OL in the race for Europe and of course for ASSE in the fight for maintenance. Direct competitor of the Greens in this last battle, FC Nantes in particular can trinted teeth.
Canaries coach Antoine Kombouaré did not hide his annoyance on Monday at a press conference. “” There is no debate, it's a red card for Stassin and afterwards, he cannot mark. And the consequences are serious for Le Havre, for us, because today Saint-Etienne ends up with two more points, when they could have ended up with a point or zero. We will never know … »»
Kombouaré, a litigation with lettexier
The Kanak strategist is all the more irritated as Mr. Lettexier appears in his crosshairs. “” It is Mr. Letexier the referee of the match and I have a great memory of this gentleman. I am always payable to the matches he arbitrates. We, in Nice, was catastrophic. Besides, I had big worries (Antoine Kombouaré had then been suspended for his media criticism, editor's note), But hey I assume, because I believe that that day, they were not correct. »»
“” Before this derby, there was the clasico (OM-PSG, editor's note), continues the Nantes coach. The boyfriend Harit makes the fault, red card. Mr. Letexier came to explain that what is important for him is the physical integrity of the players. He said, “I protect them”. That's why he took out the red. Afterwards, you see the state of Donnarumma with the sole of Singo (during Monaco-Psg, editor's note). If you do not exclude him, even if he did not do it on purpose … because Mémé Harit does not see Marquinhos either … What is Donnarumma's physical integrity that is disfigured? And then yesterday, Tolisso comes out on the stretcher, there is not even a debate … »»
The previous Nantes-Ol
Antoine Kombouaré makes the rest the parallel with a previous one concerning his club and OL. “” I'm talking to Lyonnais there if you are scandalizing. Remember here when we played Lyon (1-1 last January, editor's note). Alexandre Lacazette on Nathan Zézé, elbow. Even Alexandre Lacazette said at the end of the match: “I still wonder how I did to stay on the field”. We were leading 1-0, there were a quarter of an hour of play and Alexandre Lacazette scored. In yesterday's match, I saw some situations that we lived in … »»
And to suggest to the one who was appointed best referee in the world last December: “ In the week, Mr. Letexier still arbitrated Real Madrid against Arsenal (In the quarter -final return of the Champions League, editor's note). From time to time, it's like players, you have to rest. Once times, you can be a little tired. It is not because you are the best referee, supposedly, that you have to chain all the matches. He is a man like everyone else. There is pressure, terrible issues. Like players, you have to rest from time to time. This is a message that I convey. »»
