Intractable away from home, OM lived up to their reputation by winning in Lens on Saturday (1-3). A match with an incredible scenario with the cancellation of the equalizing goal for the Northerners.
Ten minutes from the end, Olympique de Marseille led 0-2 in Lens and the Marseille success that was taking shape was uncontested. The Northerners, however, reduced the score… before equalizing in the 85th minute. But after intervention by the VAR and viewing of the images by Eric Wattellier, Lens' equalizer was canceled for a foul on Bilal Nadir at the entrance to the area, before the Sang et Or counter. question, Hojbjerg scored the goal of the break (1-3), which provoked the fury of the Lens camp. Sports director Pierre Dreossi regretted “questionable decisions” against his club.
Will Still accuse l’OM
For his part, Will Still, suspended and in the stands for this meeting, went much further by accusing the Marseille leaders of having put pressure on the refereeing body at half-time. “As long as the referee is 1m50 from the action and he doesn't call a foul, it seems complicated to me. But we can talk about everything that happens before, a hand fault by Rabiot in the area just before which is not called, a foul on Angelo Fulgini which is not called… that's a lot of decisions which are questionable . Afterwards, you don't have to look for noon to 2 p.m. when they tell me that at half-time there is a cinema, it's not possible to put pressure on the referee.” launched Will Still before concluding.
“Strangely in the second half there are things that are not very clear, but it’s up to you to interpret it” launched the Lensois coach, furious after the refereeing decisions unfavorable to Lens at the end of the high-voltage match against OM. As a reminder, Mehdi Benatia was already suspended at the start of the season for his enormous pressure on the match referees in Lyon. However this time, no scene was captured by BeinSports regarding a potential conflict in the corridors of Bollaert at half-time. It is therefore difficult to condemn the Olympian leaders, without a compromising image towards them.
