the National Ethics Council blames Pablo Longoria

This Tuesday, the National Football Ethics Council warned football players, particularly managers, against public comments discrediting arbitration. The body mentioned several recent incidents, notably targeting the comments of Pablo Longoria after the Olympique de Marseille-RC Strasbourg match (1-1).

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«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” continues the press release from the branch of the French Football Federation (FFF). The National Council of Ethics does not stop there “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 more “lenient” arbitration in the future, is a serious breach of ethics and an unacceptable attack on the image of football. also indicated that it will be “particularly vigilant on this point», Indicates the body in its press release.