OGC Nice contacted the Technical Refereeing Department this Monday in order to have access to the audio exchanges between the referee of the Lyon-Nice match (4-1), Bastien Dechepy and the VAR. On Sunday, Nice sports director Florian Maurice strongly criticized the refereeing decisions unfavorable to the Aiglons. The anger has still not subsided.
A defeat that does not pass at all. Sunday at Groupama Stadium, OGC Nice lost 4-1 to Olympique Lyonnais on the 13th day of Ligue 1. After the match, Florian Maurice, like all Nice residents, expressed his anger against the referee of Bastien Dechepy. The official would have notably refused to whistle a penalty in favor of Nice after a collision by Duje Caleta-Car on Evann Guessand at the start of the second period when he had consulted the VAR.
“The referee had a white jersey, not a yellow jersey,” said the Riviera leader at the microphone of DAZN. “It's a scandal what Mr. Dechepy did. What is he waiting for? That he slit his throat? That he grab him by the neck? What is Mr. Dechepy doing? I'm going to be suspended by the League because I spoke about the refereeing, which was not at all good this evening.”
“How is this possible?”
And Florian Maurice added another layer a few moments later in the mixed zone: “I haven't spoken with him (Bastien Dechepy) but he can give me as many explanations as he wants. the images, it's not possible not to call a penalty for an action like that There was a complete hiccup at the refereeing level. The decisions were very bad This evening, it went beyond the limits. “
The night has passed but OGC Nice does not let up. This Monday, in the middle of the day, the club posted a press release on its website entitled “how is this possible?” The club lists and details, with supporting video, all the actions at the end of which the referee makes, according to the Gym, a bad decision, causing his “incomprehension”. The penalty not awarded to Guessan is cited but also Lacazette's push on Nandjou before the Lyon captain's goal or a charge from Tagliafico on Mohamed-Ali Cho. “The inventory causes great frustration,” regrets the club. “Especially since it evokes a bitter feeling of deja vu in Lyon. Where each trip for 3 years and 4 matches will have brought its share of misunderstandings, between the penalties that we did not want to see . And those whistled eagerly when reserve seemed to be necessary.”
As revealed by Nice-Matin, the president of the Gym Jean-Pierre Rivère, although absent on Sunday in Lyon, called Antony Gautier, director of refereeing, this Monday. Objective, to have access to the soundtrack of the exchanges between the referee and the video assistance on different phases of play which he considers contentious. “The club contacted the Technical Department of Arbitration as well as the LFP, to obtain answers to its questions, in particular by accessing the sound recording of the exchanges between the referee and the VAR, confirms the Gym. Explanations which, depending on the country and the sports, are public. These are clarifications on the assessment of these situations which are expected in Nice.
