Dejected and convinced of having been dispossessed of a victory that presented itself to them. FC players and managers Metz unanimously blamed the referee of the match, Rudy Buquet, when analyzing their defeat (3-2) against Stade Rennais, during the 32nd day of Ligue 1.
Backhand that makes them stagnate, two days from the end, in 16th place in the ranking, that of barrage, three points from Le Havre, 15th, winner of Strasbourg a few hours earlier.
Mikautadze
Already scalded by the equalizing penalty granted to Rennais following a contact between Ismaël Traoré and Armand Kalimuendo, transformed by Benjamin Bourigeaud (72nd, 2-2), the Messins could not digest the expulsion of their leader Georges Mikataudze, still author of a goal and a assist on Saturday evening, in the seconds following Rennes’ third goal (Kalimuendo, 90th+5).
If he is indeed the author of a gesture of humor on Kalimuendo, the garnet striker did not deserve to be excluded according to Pierre Dreossi, the club’s football director, who announced at the end of the match his intention to request the withdrawal of the red card with the disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League.
The stakes are high, because this exclusion, and the resulting suspension, could deprive FC Metz of its top scorer during the next day in Strasbourg, or even against PSG on the 34th and final day.
Diallo had the ball 3-1
Before this crazy end to the match, everything had gone rather well for the Garnets. Dominated but very realistic, much better than six days earlier against Lille, they opened the scoring (Mikautadze on a pass from Jallow, 17th) and took the lead again through Papa Amadou Diallo (2-1, 44th) despite Rennes’ equalizer, following a Gouiri’s shot deflected by Hérelle into his own goal (1-1, 22nd). A minute before Rennes’ equalizer, a desperate save from Breton defender Arthur Théate on his own goal line prevented the young Senegalese winger, Diallo, from scoring his first professional double…
FC Metz lost a match that it should not have lost, and that it had enough to win. He will scrutinize the disciplinary committee meeting, which will meet on Wednesday, with the hope of not losing any more…
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