The club “seized the technical direction of arbitration as well as the Professional Football League”, “in particular to access the sound recording of the exchanges between the referee and the VAR”, Nice announced Monday the day after its defeat in Lyon (4-1).
Dechepy in the Nice viewfinder
The Gym contests a series of decisions taken by the referee of the match, Bastien Dechepy, including a penalty not whistled on Guessand, the goal refused to the same player, a foul by Lacazette during his second goal, two violent charges against Cho and Diop not sanctioned…. The club therefore decided to contact the technical direction of arbitration (DTA) and its boss, Antony Gautier, “to obtain answers to its questions”.
Nice wishes in particular to be able to “access the sound recording of the exchanges between the referee and his video assistants” in order to have “clarification on the assessment of these situations”.
At the end of the match, Nice sports director Florian Maurice considered that “certain situations” had been “very poorly judged by the referee and the VAR”.
Florian Maurice lost his temper
After declaring on the microphone of the broadcaster DAZN that “Mr. Dechepy had a white jersey (like Lyon, Editor's note) and not yellow (that of the referees, Editor's note)”, he continued in the mixed zone, saying he found the fact “scandalous”. not to whistle a penalty after a fault by Caleta-Car on Guessand (51st), after refusing a goal for “a small fault by Rosario” on Tagliafico (9th).
“There was a complete hiccup in the refereeing,” concluded Maurice, just as frustrated as his coach, Franck Haise, who said “try to stay calm,” because “the last time I lost my temper against Mr. Dechepy, I took four matches (suspension, Editor’s note).”
