It is François Letexier who will be at the whistle of RC Lens-Nice Saturday afternoon for the 6th day of Ligue 1.
The 35-year-old man in black will be assisted by Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni while Guillaume Paradis will be the 4th referee. Alexandre Castro and Michel Dolmadjian will be responsible for video assistance.
Best referee in France?
International referee, elected number one French referee at the UNFP Trophies as in the ranking of the National Arbitration Directorate, François Letexier has only refereed twice this season. A first match in the Nations League on the international scene between Croatia and Poland (1-0) on September 8. Then the man in black returned to France to manage his first Ligue 1 match, it was during the 4th day, during Saint-Etienne’s victory against Lille (1-0) opening the weekend. At the end of last season, he refereed the Euro 2024 Spain-England final (2-1).
During the previous financial year, he crossed paths with RC Lens on 5 occasions (PSG-Lens, D3; Le Havre-Lens, D9; Lens-Reims, D16; Lens-Monaco, D23; Lens-Le Havre, D28).
