Guillaume Marion, Media365: published on Wednesday January 15, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.
After the tense end of the meeting between OM and Lille, the Marseille club published a video this Wednesday which shows the behavior of Medhi Benatia and Olivier Létang towards the 4th referee.
Tuesday evening, at the Orange Vélodrome, the end of the match between Olympique de Marseille and Lille was particularly stormy on the edge of the pitch, during this round of 16 of the Coupe de France. Indeed, after Luis Henrique's equalizer after added time, there was tension on both benches. The situation even ended with a red card sent by Clément Turpin to Medhi Benatia because of his attitude towards the 4th referee, Jérémy Stinat. An expulsion which angered the OM football director. This Wednesday, the Marseille club published a video on After the elimination of his team (1-1, 3-4 tab), Roberto De Zerbi also pointed out the actions of the president of the Mastiffs.
De Zerbi also complained about Létang
“Explain to me why the president of Lille goes down on the pitch to speak with the 4th referee, for the second time here because he did it in L1? The President of the Republic could do it, but the president of a club? His place is in the stands and if no one says something to him, I'll tell him. I didn't see Pablo Longoria speaking with the 4th referee. Many things are strange and I have difficulty understanding them. In 30 years of football, it had never happened to me to see a club president come down to come and speak with representatives of the refereeing body,” said the Italian coach of OM, in comments taken up by L' Team. “That doesn't interest me. I didn't speak to him, I didn't speak to him, replied Létang, in the mixed zone, in comments taken up by RMC Sport. So let him do his job as a coach and then everything will be fine. »
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