Top 14 – “It’s a sketch”: the big anger of the Toulonnais over the refereeing after the defeat in Clermont

The Toulonnais were very close to achieving another big blow in this championship after their victory at the Stade français. The men from the harbor led until the 77th minute on the Michelin pitch, but a final penalty from Benjamin Urdapilleta gave victory to the Clermontois. On the last action of the match, the choice of referee Adrien Marbot to whistle in favor of ASM provoked the extreme anger of manager Pierre Mignoni, forced to be calmed by his pillar Dany Priso while he seemed wanting to hold the man with the whistle to account. The same Dany Priso who took the time to react to the microphone of the broadcaster Canal + as soon as the meeting was over.

And we can say that the former La Rochelle player was deeply annoyed by the cruel scenario at the end of the match and the refereeing decisions. “What happened? I think it’s pretty clear… It was a show tonight. A sketch. We are refereed… I don’t even know what to say… It’s heartbreaking because we dominate the whole match and we don’t get rewarded.”

There are decisions that I can’t understand

Sorry not to have managed to hold on to the four points of victory, the French international expressed his feelings directly, while then specifying that he and his partners were responsible for the defeat. “We got screwed, but that’s how it is, that’s sport. We’re going to work and we’re going to come back stronger. There’s disappointment, frustration, there’s a little bit of everything. We do the right thing and we are not rewarded. There are decisions that I cannot understand. It is our fault, we are not going to say that it is the fault of the government. referee. It’s our fault. We’re going to work.

The Toulonnais will try to be satisfied with the defensive bonus point, even if the disappointment is immense on the evening of the 5th day. Mignoni’s players will go to Racing 92 next weekend.