PSG may have serious regrets. Beaten 1-0 by RC Lens last Sunday during the Champions Trophy, the capital club missed out on a second title this season, after the European Super Cup won against Aston Villa. A defeat also marked by the expulsion of Nuno Mendes in the 87th minute.
And the report from Jérémie Pignard, the referee of the match, would be particularly harsh against the Portuguese. According to information from RMC SportPSG was able to read the document and would have been surprised by the harshness of the terms used by the referee.
Nuno Mendes, who received the first red card of his career with PSG since his arrival at the club, is notably accused of having committed “a violent blow outside the game”. A formulation considered particularly damning by the European champion. Within the Parisian club, however, we recall that the action started well and that the Portuguese defender was launched in depth. PSG does not contest the sanction, but is surprised by the content of the report, according to information obtained by RMC Sport.
The Lensois also annoyed
Jérémie Pignard had already been at the center of the debates a few minutes earlier. In the first period, the referee sent off young Lensois Kyllian Antonio, a decision which angered Jean-Louis Leca at half-time.
“The intensity, yeah… You’re not even going to see the VAR. You have the gift of killing a match. No, there is no Jean-Louis”said the Lensois sports director, visibly furious, in a sequence broadcast by Ligue 1+. A decidedly very lively meeting, with Jérémie Pignard at the heart of the two main disciplinary decisions.
