“Basta!” “… Longoria destroys VAR and refereeing!

This is the subject of this post-match on the Marseille side. OM conceded a draw against Strasbourg (1-1) and the frustration carried over after the match to the refereeing on the Marseille side. Indeed, the Marseille club believes it can benefit from a penalty at the end of the match for a foul on Jonathan Rowe, except that the refereeing body did not flinch. Leonardo Balerdi first gave a big rant, followed by Pablo Longoria.

Longoria doesn't understand why VAR didn't say anything

The president of OM, who invited himself to the microphone of DAZN, could not contain his anger against the arbitration, and especially his incomprehension to see that VAR was not used to judge the situation … “I don't like to express myself after matches but I have to say enough. Until when? You know the repetition. The penalty action on Rowe is a scandal! What more do you need? How far are we going to get with Olympique de Marseille?! Why doesn't VAR intervene? You played football. An action during which he does not play the ball, he puts his hand behind his back, an obvious action, it is a penalty for life! It's too much! That's too many matches! What are we looking for? Are we looking to penalize? If we are critical of the arbitration, they seek to penalize us even more… I don't understand and I want to express myself to say goodbye,” said the Marseille president into the microphone.

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