AS Monaco lost a match within their reach against Benfica Lisbon, with incomprehensible refereeing decisions from start to finish.
Things are getting tougher for French clubs in the Champions League. If LOSC held its place by winning in Bologna, Brest and PSG marked time this Tuesday. For its part, Monaco lost 3-2 at home against Benfica Lisbon in a match which could leave the players of the Principality with big regrets. Everything looked good in this meeting with the rapid opening of Ben Seghir. But subsequently, Adi Hutter's players lost track of the match, in a fight largely lost to the referee. Mr. Rade Obrenovic had a strong influence on the result of the match from the first period. Already warned at the half-hour mark, Carreras made a huge late tackle shortly before half-time, drying up his opponent. The referee left the advantage on the action, but forgot to return to give the second yellow card to the Spanish defender, which would have been synonymous with a red. When the Monegasques pointed this out, they all took a warning from the Slovenian whistle who even allowed himself to make a hand gesture in “camembert” mode to tell the ASM players to “the close “.
A phantom red card against Monaco
On the first occasion, for a slight foul in a duel, Rade Obrenovic gave Singo a second yellow card, forcing the Principality's players to play with 10 men. Habib Beye, who commented on the match for Canal+, couldn't believe it. and wondered what could justify a second yellow card for this action. For his part, Adi Hutter tried to limit his criticism, contenting himself with emphasizing that the referee should have managed the match better and that nothing justified the distribution of cards against his team. The Austrian technician even ended up receiving a yellow card himself when he saw the sketch at the end of the match, where Angel Di Maria, seeing that he was going to be replaced, lay down in the middle of the pitch, calling the trainers, to finally high-five everyone and take their time to go out. And despite this, the Slovenian referee only added a minute to added time, ostensibly favoring the Portuguese team. Enough to hallucinate Stéphane Guy, on the set of La Chaine L'team. “ The important element in this match is the catastrophic refereeing. It should be noted, on the expulsion of Singo and the management of the end of the match », denounced the former Canal+ commentator, for whom this meeting was clearly distorted by a referee who allowed himself gestures which were not accepted in the Principality.
