French arbitration is in crisis, and the passing weeks are not helping anything. Thursday April 25, the day after an extremely criticized performance during OM – OGC Nice (2-2), Jérémie Pignard learned that he would not lead, as initially planned, the next Ligue 1 match between Stade Rennais and Stade Brestois (Sunday, 5:05 p.m.).
Benoît Bastien will replace him due to two controversial decisions, a contentious red card issued to Faris Moumbagna first, then a generous penalty for a foul on Leonardo Balerdi.
“We need to stop the culture of denial”
“We need to stop the culture of denialnote in the columns of The Team Éric Borghini, president of the federal referees commission. We must recognize when there are refereeing errors. Even if it is not a question of the referee flagellating himself immediately after the match. »
Faced with these errors which accumulate, Borghini assures that he has “asked Antony Gautier to think about the modalities of weekly debriefings with the press. As soon as the conditions are right, we will do it. This meets a need and is likely to clarify things and calm things down. In principle, Antony Gautier agrees ».
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According to The Parisian these justifications after each match could even be generalized before the end of the season.
