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The sanction imposed on Medhi Benatia does not pass on the side of OM. Suspended three months by the FFF disciplinary committee for its behavior during the 16the final of the French Cup between OM and Lille (1-1, 3 Tab 4), on January 14, the director of Marseille football does not digest. Especially since the president of LOSC, Olivier Létang, also involved in the incidents that took place that evening at the Vélodrome stadium, was only dismissed for a month.
“Behind the manager and the former player, there is a man who is today in a situation where there is anger, amazement, an immense feeling of injustice and relentlessnessdenounces his lawyer Me Mathias Chichportich, in Rothen ignites On RMC. This decision is unworthy because it is incoherent and disproportionate. I have been doing this job for 15 years, (…) I have never seen a decision that is so unbalanced and disproportionate. »»
OM will call for Medhi Benatia
And the representative of the Olympian leader to chain:
“I don't even know how the decision will be motivated. We attended an expeditious hearing during which both spoke in an extremely brief manner with the impression, whatever we say, that there was already an orientation. Did the referee said he had felt threatened by Benatia? Yes, he said it. I have understood quite little that we give so much room for his feelings when we have images which are formal evidence. »»
“Benatia's finger was pointed out towards the penalty area. It was not a threatening or accusing finger. He wanted to appease the situation throughout the meetingadds Mathias Chichportich. It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible. »» In a press release, OM announced its desire to appeal this sanction, regretting “Once again the inconsistency and relentlessness of which its football director is the subject of”. The file is not closed, therefore.
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