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Two days after Pablo Longoria's remarks towards arbitration following the draw against Strasbourg (1-1), the National Council of Ethics and Professional Conduct of the FFF responded to the president of OM in a press release published this Tuesday and warned all those involved in French football.
« You have to say stop. The penalty action on Rowe is a scandal. » At the microphone of DAZNPablo Longoria castigated the refereeing on Sunday, after the draw between theABOUT et Strasbourg (1-1). According to the president of Marseillehis team has suffered too many errors from referees since the start of the season, which has cost them points. “ These are too many decisions. I'm not victimizing myself, but we're reaching a point where we can't accept that and I don't accept it. Every weekend it's the same thing. I'm the president, I have ambitions, the whole team is frustrated, so what should we do to change this dynamic? Because every weekend it's the same thing. »
-“Warn all football stakeholders against any public remarks likely to discredit the refereeing function”
Words which have caused a lot of reaction over the last two days and this Tuesday, the FFF responded via his National Council of Ethics and Professional Conduct. « The National Council of Ethics (CNE) and Football Deontology, after having taken note of the declarations of President Pablo Longoria following the Olympique de Marseille-RC Strasbourg match (1-1) on Sunday January 19, 2025, counting as the French Ligue 1 championship, wishes to warn all football players, first and foremost the managers, against any public remarks likely to discredit the refereeing function. Several incidents of this nature have been reported in recent times. », indicated the body in its press release.
“A serious breach of ethics and an unacceptable attack on the image of football”
The National Council of Ethics and Professional Conduct continues: “ The referee is a human being, subject like all of us to errors, even if the technical progress made over several years reduces their scope. It remains that error is part of the game. For this reason, it is permitted to discuss an arbitral decision, or even to criticize it, while respecting the duty of reserve prescribed by the Charter of Ethics. What is prohibited, however, and the rule is the same for court decisions, is to bring arbitration into disrepute. Accusing the refereeing body as a whole of systematic bias to the detriment of a club, with the ulterior aim of uniting its supporters around it or worse, of intimidating the referees in the hope of obtaining better arbitration. lenient” in the future, is a serious breach of ethics and an unacceptable attack on the image of football. The National Council of Ethics and Professional Conduct will be particularly vigilant on this point. »
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