From best to worst. Ethan Mbappé had a particularly mixed evening during Losc’s match against Betis Sevilla on Tuesday, on the first day of the Champions League. First a decisive passer on Ayase Ueda’s opener in the 12th minute, the young attacking midfielder then saw the situation slip away from him, like the collective sinking of his team.
While the Mastiffs led 2-1 at the break, the players coached by Davide Ancelotti collapsed after returning from the locker room, conceding two goals in the space of five minutes. Overwhelmed by frustration, Ethan Mbappé then pulled the pin and committed the irreparable by elbowing Sevillian defender Natan in the face.
Alerted by his video assistants, referee Georgi Kabakov went to the monitor to watch the action again before showing Lille the direct red card, his first in his career, while sending a warning to the Betis player.
In the post-match press conference, his coach Davide Ancelotti did not spare his player. “In football, there is a lot of frustration, we have to manage our emotions. It’s something the team and Ethan paid for tonight, did he regret. We have to work on this in training. »
“It’s professional misconduct”
But the criticism was even more violent on the networks or among certain observers. On the set of L’Équipe du soir, former athlete Héloïse Kane roundly denounced the attitude of the Lille resident by bluntly declaring:
“It’s professional misconduct. This is unforgivable.
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Many Internet users and supporters did not hesitate to point the finger at “cruel lack of experience and mastery”accusing the player of having precipitated the loss of his own team while Lille still had time to come back to score. Other comments, more acerbic, criticized the management of his nerves by describing his gesture as
“childish bloodshed”.
