A shock that kept all its promises! Saturday evening, Olympique de Marseille traveled to the Stade Rennais pitch for the 17th day of Ligue 1. On the Bretons pitch, the Marseillais had to work hard after being down 1-0 to finally win. win 2-1. And as often since the start of the season, it was Geronimo Rulli who donned the hero's costume. Indeed, from the half-hour mark, he worked to deflect a penalty taken by Arnaud Kalimuendo, enough to keep his team in the game.
“The viewing at the edge of the field and the penalty were therefore not expected”
But today, the refereeing department returned to the penalty action, explaining that the referee was wrong. As a reminder, Amir Murillo was guilty of a hand attack during an aerial duel against Hans Hateboer. Contact between the hand and the ball occurs while the defender's arm comes down naturally after the aerial duel, without the defender taking any risk”, explains the refereeing department in its report, before adding that “in accordance with the Laws of the game, the position of the arm at the time of contact can therefore be considered to be a consequence of the movement of the defender's body in this specific situation. The viewing at the edge of the pitch and the penalty were therefore not expected. However, the referee went to see the VAR to whistle this penalty. Enough to further inflame the debates around refereeing errors in France.
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The refereeing department has revealed a new big error that occurred during the clash between Stade Rennais and Olympique de Marseille.
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