Jonathan Gradit had just been pushed around by Bradley Barcola, half-time had barely been whistled, Will Still rushed onto the pitch to challenge the referee: yellow card, his third already. The Lensois coach will be suspended against Marseille.
« I wasn't upset at all before he boxed me in, he argues. I make a real effort on the way I speak to people, especially referees. I ask in a perfectly calm manner for an explanation from 4e referee who calls the center, who gives me the yellow and that makes me angry. I would like to no longer gesture with my arms as I was asked to stop doing in relation to the refereeing body. I think I was respectful enough. So, I find it really a shame to get a box. »
Frictions with Luis Campos
In the corridor leading to the locker rooms, the tension has risen yet again. A heated moment when Luis Campos attacked the Lensois staff, the assistant Nicolas Still in particular, it seems, addressing loud and rude “ shut up! », in English, accompanied by vehement gestures. Florian Sotoca then Brice Samba do not understand this attitude of the Portuguese leader, advisor to President Nasser El-Khelaïfi: “ Why are you shouting like that? Why is he doing this? Does he have the right to scream like that? Lead by example! Who do you think you are? »
Could this tense half-time have made the Lensois nervous, against whom ten fouls had already been called in the second half? “ Nervous ? No, pushes back defender Kevin Danso. It's always like that against Paris, as soon as you touch a Paris player, it's a foul. We accept, we know that's how it is, but still, it's a bit boring. But we tried to improve what we didn't do well in the first half. »
But results and offensive inefficiency helping, nervousness could really win over the Lens camp.
