Like his sports director Florian Maurice, Franck Haise could not digest certain refereeing decisions during OL – Nice (4-1). The Nice coach still does not understand how Mr Dechepy did not whistle a penalty for Duje Caleta-Car's foul on Evann Guessand.
Last season, Jean-Pierre River came to voice his rant against arbitration after OL – Nice. This season, the Nice president refrained from going down to the mixed zone, leaving this work to Florian Maurice. The former head of Lyon recruitment, now sporting director of the Aiglons, criticized the refereeing performance of Mr Dechepy. L’OGC Nice feels, rightly, aggrieved in this defeat (4-1) conceded at Parc OL late Sunday afternoon.
After a first goal refused for a foul on Nicolas Tagliafico following the intervention of the VAR, the latter did not see fit to whistle a penalty for the Nice. Upon returning from the locker room, the referee chose not to call a foul on a contentious situation between Duje Caleta-Car and Evan Guessand verified by the video. A misunderstanding in the Nice ranks. “There is this foul in the area which, incredibly, is neither whistled live and, even more incredibly, not whistled while watching the images. Arm in the forge, pushed behind the back, foot on the foot, what does it take to whistle a penalty?”asked Franck Stink.
“Decisions in one direction, but not the other”
In the post-match press conference, the Nice technician did everything to contain his anger, he who had taken four matches a year ago after having already criticized Mr Dechepy. However, the injustice his team suffered could not leave him unmoved. The errors were far too numerous not to react immediately to the final whistle. “In this match, there are double standards, continued Stink. We missed things, otherwise we wouldn't have conceded four goals, but at some point you also have to see the reality, it's a match in which the decisions went one way and not the other.” With in the viewfinder, a stroller Lacazette on Good day not whistled at the time of the OL captain's double…
