Last Tuesday, during the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, OM lost on penalties to LOSC. A match under great tension, especially at the end, just after Luis Henrique's equalizing goal. Olivier Létang, president of LOSC, then went down to the sidelines to speak with the fourth referee, which angered Roberto De Zerbi. The OM coach was also surprised to see that no questions about this incident were asked of him this Friday.
« Explain to me why the president of Lille goes down on the pitch to speak with the fourth referee, for the second time here because he did it in L1? » After the meeting with LOSC in French Cup (1-1, 3-4 tab), marked by the expulsion of Medhi Benatia, Roberto Of Serve got angry at a press conference against Olivier Létangpresent on the sidelines at the end of the match and who had not been sanctioned for his part. ” Lhe President of the Republic could do it, but the president of a club? His place is in the stands and if no one says something to him, I'll tell him. I did not see Pablo Longoria (the president of OM) speaking with the fourth referee. Many things are strange and I have difficulty understanding them, he continued. In thirty years of football, I had never seen a club president come down to speak with representatives of the refereeing body. »
When Létang responds to De Zerbi
Olivier Létang had responded via microphone to the coach of loon : « I didn't speak to him, didn't speak to him. Let him do his job as a coach and everything will be fine. I haven't spoken to him so I can't tell you anything. I simply mentioned the fact that the referee played 25 seconds in addition to added time but it ended very well with Mr. Stinat so I don't know why the coach of Olympique de Marseille came to talk to me because I wasn't speaking to him. »
“No controversy?”
A verbal clash which did not continue this Friday afternoon, at a press conference. At the end of his traditional speech, Roberto Of Serve addressed the journalists by asking them, astonished: “ I didn't have any controversial questions. No controversy? No questions about Létang? You are good people. » Is the hatchet buried?
