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Mathieu Vernice is on the whistle for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France between Toulouse and Laval this Wednesday January 15 (6:30 p.m.). Last season, he was heavily criticized for one of his performances.
1/10. The newspaper The Team rarely inflicts this punitive note during a football match, especially to a referee. However, last season, Mathieu Vernice received the worst possible evaluation for his very disappointing performance during the 29th day of Ligue 1 between Lyon and Brest (4-3).
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During an electric end to the match, the Bretons received a very severe red card and should undoubtedly have benefited from a penalty for a Lyon handball in the area forgotten by the referee. “It’s a gag, it’s grotesque” enraged Éric Roy, the manager of SB29, at the end of the meeting at the Prime Video microphone. “How is that possible with everything we put in place, VAR and all that? As for Steve Mounié’s action, but who didn’t see the hand?” he then took offense.
ud83dude21 Éric Roy: “How is that possible? How can we do things like that again?”
The coach of @SB29 has difficulty containing his anger when returning to the facts of the game. #OLSB29 pic.twitter.com/2CxaCIsuWG
— Prime Video Sport France (@PVSportFR) https://twitter.com/PVSportFR/status/1779624077390430595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Criticized in the media
And the Brestois were not the only ones to attack the copy made by Mathieu Vernice. The team estimated that the man from Hauts-de-France had “drunk the chalice to the dregs”, making “numerous errors”. “He lost the thread of the meeting by multiplying bad decisions” decided the daily. For its part, Ouest France had deciphered the match of the young 31-year-old official with another referee who indicated: “His decisions were difficult to read and lacked consistency. He lost his footing.”
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Since this controversial episode, Mathieu Vernice has bounced back and officiated in around twenty matches at the highest French level. This Wednesday (6:30 p.m.), he will be at the whistle for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France between TFC and Laval.
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