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FC Nantes had a bad time after the setback conceded on the Vélodrome pitch on Sunday (2-0). The fault of certain arbitration decisions…
And one that makes five. Fifth match for Jean-Louis Gasset on the bench of Olympique de Marseille and fifth victory for the Ciel et Blanc. This time, OM certainly did not panic the scorers like in Clermont the previous weekend or like against Villarreal in the Europa League, but the Olympians continued their recovery by dominating FC Nantes 2-0.
Despite a first goal scored by the inevitable Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in the 17th minute, the Marseillais nevertheless trembled upon returning from the locker room, suffering the full force of the Nantes waves. The opportunities multiplied for the visitors and on one of them, the Canaries thought they could benefit from a penalty, Chancel Mbemba diverting with his arm a shot from Florent Mollet in the area.
“It’s scandalous, it’s shameful”
But Mr. Letexier found nothing to complain about and the VAR did not see it as a manifest error either, not even taking the trouble to ask the central referee to watch the action. A decision which angered the people of Nantes. “It’s hard to acceptrailed Jocelyn Gourvennec at a press conference. Trouble arises from several situations, but not only this evening. Since the start of the season, there has been debate over contentious images. One time, the referee comes, one time he doesn’t come to see. One moment he believes that there is a hand, suddenly he believes that there is no hand, this creates confusion and anger among all the actors. »
“It’s scandalous, it’s shameful,” continued the former midfielder about the yellow card received for contesting the referee’s decision. I didn’t say anything special. I just showed a little irritation. But if the referees are not able to understand that when you are a Ligue 1 coach there is a little nervousness, a little bit of tension… I have never spoken badly to a referee, nor insulted anyone on a field. I’m not going to start now. They put up boxes to show pseudo authority. I find it inappropriate, it adds to the confusion. »
Waldemar Kita, the Nantes president, was even more upset than his coach. “VAR exists. Amazing to see that,” he said, very angry, in the corridors of the Vélodrome as evidenced by a sequence captured by Prime Video cameras.
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