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Foot OM – OM-Monaco referee and VAR accused of rigging the L1 season

Football fans were delighted in front of a beautiful OM-Monaco. But on the Marseille side, we are screaming scandal in the face of an error in judgment by Jérémie Pignard, referee of this Ligue 1 clash.

Although AS Monaco were probably deprived of a penalty for an action involving Valentin Rongier and Salim Ben Seghir, it was another action that sparked monumental anger among the leaders of Olympique de Marseille and certain journalists after the draw between OM and Monaco. In the 73rd minute of this superb L1 poster, Guillermo Maripan ostensibly wiped his crampons on the ankle of Sead Kolasinac, who had just shot over. If the referee did not immediately whistle a penalty for OM, everyone expected a reaction from the VAR, which did not come, and the Monegasque player got away with it without any penalty. Something to warm up Marseille fans, but also Igor Tudor and Pablo Longoria. Filmed by Canal + in the corridors of the Vélodrome, the president of OM appeared furious, offered himself in French, but also in Italian: “ What is VAR for? What is VAR used for? “. And his trainer complaining too.

Longoria furious in the corridors of the Velodrome

At the microphone of the encrypted channel, and facing a Laurent Paganelli, entirely committed to his cause, Igor Tudor appeared just as upset and let go, in English: “ This is probably the biggest mistake I’ve seen, it’s unbelievable. The explanation is that he shot before the foul, but normally it’s a red card. Incredible and unacceptable “. And if it was bubbling behind the scenes at the Marseille stadium, what about social networks where this non-decision by Jérémie Pignard, referee of the OM-Monaco match, caused a huge wave of criticism, insults and unfortunately also threats. In a very muted way, Mohamed Bouhafsi, former sports boss of RMC, but still a supporter of Olympique de Marseille said his way of thinking: ” What is the use of VAR if the video referees are not able to help the central referee. How not to whistle the fault on Kolasinac. Maripan completely twists his ankle. It’s amazing to see that even with the video the referees don’t take the time to think. »

Because inevitably, as soon as a refereeing error affects a big club, it is obvious that it raises the temperature significantly higher than when it impacts a formation at the bottom of the ranking. And when in addition it is Olympique de Marseille, we then enter another determined dimension. ” Qatar gave a briefcase as in the European Parliament, we know… », « Quite simply, because it was intentional to distort the championship tonight. There is no incompetence », « LFP, an explanation of the conditions of intervention of the VAR? We agree that the guys behind the screens are normally neutral and sober “, on Twitter everyone goes there with their explanation with sometimes malice. It is however true that in a season where the fight for the title and the European places is raging like rarely, every point is worth gold. And therefore, each arbitral decision also takes on paramount importance.

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