If Olympique de Marseille wanted to take the three points and a little confidence before going to challenge Real Madrid in the Champions League, it is successful. The Phocaeans quietly beat Lorient (4-0) Friday evening, at the opening of the 4th day of League 1. The meeting tilted in the 9th minute, with this penalty granted to OM, with a red card.
Mr. Leonard, the party referee, did not hesitate to exclude Darlin Yongwa, guilty of hung Amir Murillo in the penalty area. And this decision aroused a number of reactions.
“Since 2016, the sanction double
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no longer exists. But when it's on a little one you can afford anything they will do nothing ”railed a supporter from Lorient, on X (ex-Twitter). “Do I explain the red?” There double
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Wasn't it supposed to have disappeared? And for a fault like that which does not even deserve yellow? »»another user is surprised.
“Corruption as a great man would say”adds another, taking up a term used by Pablo Longoria.
The regulations have changed slightly
Indeed, the so -called “double pain” was more or less abolished in 2016. When a penalty is whistled, referees are asked not to get out of red card for annihilation of the goal (the famous faults as “last defender). The only known exception was in the event of a violent fault: a dangerous tackle which would have earned a red card in any other place on the ground must be sanctioned as such, even in the event of a penalty.
But last summer, the rule was slightly modified, as the Team recalls. “From now on, a player committing a foul to conquer the ball, in the penalty area, which annihilates a clear action action, will be sanctioned with a penalty and will receive a yellow, It is explained in a SAFE text, the union of football referees. If the same player pushes, pulls the jersey or belt an opponent, or if he commits a gross fault that can harm the physical integrity of his opponent, it is the red card that will win. »»
The idea behind all this, if we interpret the objective of the legislator, is not to sanction too hard a player who would commit an involuntary fault with an awkward tackle, as long as the opposing player is not physically endangered. On the other hand, for a jersey draw or a collision, the defender is supposed to be able to demonstrate more mastery in the area of truth. What Darlin Yongwa did not do, heavily but precisely sanctioned.
