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François Letexier will be on the whistle for the first Classic of the season. OM host Paris Saint-Germain this Sunday at 8:45 p.m. at the Vélodrome stadium, at the end of the ninth day of Ligue 1, for a shock at the top and it is the Breton official who has been appointed to referee this match.
Voted best referee in Ligue 1 last season, the French international referee, aged 35, was on the whistle during the last Olympian victory in a Classic. It was at the Stade Vélodrome in the Coupe de France during the 2022/23 season, Igor Tudor’s men then won (2-1) to qualify for the quarter-finals of the competition.
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