Accused of having forgotten two penalties for OL in Reims, Stéphanie Frappart is once again under fire. The controversy was too much for Walid Acherchour, who officially questions the presence of the referee in Ligue 1.
Ligue 1 could not regain its rights without some arbitration controversies. With Lens-OM, Saint-Etienne-Montpellier and Reims-OL, the players' nerves were put to the test on Saturday evening. The Lyonnais match at Auguste-Delaune was the one that caused the most talk. At 1-1, Les Gones were denied two penalties on Malick Fofana and Alexandre Lacazette. The images showed very suspicious contact on the legs of the two Rhone attackers. OL supporters were very angry with the match referee, Stéphanie Frappart.
Is Frappart outdated in Ligue 1?
This will not improve the reputation of the only female head referee in French professional football. Match after match, more and more of them criticize or even severely attack Ms. Frappart. A few months ago, she even received a rating of 1 in L'Equipe for her performance during Lyon-Valenciennes in the French Cup. An accumulation of errors which deeply annoys Walid Acherchour. The consultant loses patience and no longer hesitates to question the status of Stéphanie Frappart.
« I find her overwhelmed, I found her overwhelmed again in this match. I find that the event is too big for her every time, at least often. There, I felt it again. I think that on Fofana, there is a penalty. If she goes to see him again, she sees that there is something down there and that he is embarrassed », he blurted out on RMC after Reims-OL on Saturday. Will institutions like the LFP and the FFF think like him? That would be surprising. Indeed, Stéphanie Frappart is much less contested abroad, being one of the faces of French refereeing in major competitions.
