After having uttered a rant against the refereeing decisions of the match in Lyon, Mehdi Benatia received a suspension considered too severe by Olympique de Marseille.
In The Team, Sébastien Deneuxpresident of the Disciplinary Commission, spoke about the sanction imposed on Mehdi Benatia : “The Commission considers that the comments made by Mr Benatia were, on the one hand, at half-time of the match, inappropriate and, at the end of the match, hurtful. They tend to call into question the integrity of Mr Bastien and, in a diffuse manner, the supposed incriminating treatment of his club, while Mr Benatia embodies an important figure in OM. He therefore incurred his responsibility for having twice, during the same evening, violated the disciplinary regulations and the ethics charter, even if it is also necessary to take into account his disciplinary record without any sanction. »
The comments made by Mr Benatia are, on the one hand, at half-time of the match, inappropriate and, at the end of the match, hurtful
During the 5th day, Mehdi Benatia railed against the arbitration in Lyon by Benoît Bastien. At the microphone of DAZN, he had also expressed his dissatisfaction and put forward hypotheses deemed “conspiracy” by the Disciplinary Commission which summoned him this Wednesday.
In a video conference, the Marseille sports advisor explained himself and, according to L’Equipe, had a defense strategy. However, the Disciplinary Commission did not waver and sanctioned him with a 3-match suspension and 3 suspended matches. A decision that Olympique de Marseille does not understand. The club makes its voice heard via a press release published this Wednesday evening.
The OM press release
Olympique de Marseille takes note of the sanction imposed by the LFP disciplinary committee on its sports advisor, Medhi Benatia.
The club strongly disagrees with this decision and finds the treatment of its sports advisor totally disproportionate even though he was not guilty of insulting or threatening the officiating refereeing body. during the match against Olympique Lyonnais on September 22.
This decision is all the more surprising and incomprehensible as it is not consistent or balanced with regard to similar situations or events that occurred recently or in the more distant past for which the commission ruled.
OM would like to point out that the club will continue to make its voice heard whenever it considers it necessary.
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