TFC. Discipline: Has Branco van den Boomen been forgotten by the LFP? About you why explain
Logically, for the accumulation of cards, van den Boomen was to be suspended next week, Saturday January 21, for the reception of AC Ajaccio and the account of the knockout stages of the Coupe de France. However, this is not what the Disciplinary Committee of the body indicates this Thursday evening at the end of its weekly meeting. Simple administrative error?
He dazzles Ligue 1 … even behind the scenes. This is what we are entitled to think when reading the decisions of the Professional Football League dated this Thursday, January 12 – unless something has escaped us – concerning the maestro of Toulouse FC, the magical Dutchman VdB which, in celebration of its 100e match in all competitions Wednesday evening in Auxerre, split a goal from the penalty spot and a “dice” pass.
Let’s recap. After being warned twice in the Championship (J16 in Marseille for the resumption day and J17 in front of Ajaccio on Sunday a fortnight ago), van den Boomen received a third yellow card on Sunday at Guingamp against Lannion in the Coupe de France . For contesting a decision by Mr. Buquet.
Marseille + Ajaccio + Lannion = 3 cards, the account is there
The rules are formal: 3 warnings in the space of 10 official matches (championship or cup) is equivalent to an automatic suspension match. Which sanction is confirmed by the League the following week – usual Wednesday or, more rarely, Thursday if there is a championship day during the week – in order to take effect from the following Tuesday at 0 am. So much for the usual process. Which should therefore have led to the “disqualification” of the Toulouse strategist for the Toulouse-Ajaccio meeting on Saturday 21. CQFD.
Surprise thus, this evening at 8:05 p.m., during the disclosure of the LFP minutes : Branco van den Boomen does not appear in the list of players to serve a closed match “following a third warning” or “by revocation of the reprieve”. Only the Auxerrois Niang and Troyen Ripart are present on the press release.
We remember a case in all respects identical last season about … his compatriot Stijn Spierings. Definitely!
Spierings, last season: identical scenario
The next day, the League had beaten its culp, pleading oblivion [de la difficulté de croiser les fichiers LFP et FFF], and corrected his mistake on the spot. Repetitive bis? Undoubtedly, the next few hours should enlighten us. Knowing that we can easily imagine the coach of Téfécé Philippe Montanier more inclined to deprive himself of his jewel in the enchanted parenthesis of Dame Coupe than for the daily bread of the L1.
A coach who, on Sunday evening, declared to us, chuckling, had received the card received by his playing master: “Sometimes the players get annoyed over details. It’s not too serious but it proves that the Dutchman is often asshole.”