The match of the 12th day of Ligue 1 between RC Lens and Olympique de Marseille was briefly interrupted in the second half after a Marseille action was stopped following a whistle from the stands of the Bollaert stadium . At the request of the referee, the announcer asked the public to stop these whistles.
Unusual scene in Bollaert. The match of the 12th day of Ligue 1 between Lens and OM was briefly interrupted in the second period by the referee, Eric Wattellier. In question, a whistle came from the stands which deceived the 22 actors and in particular Ulisses Garcia.
We are playing the 52nd minute when the Marseille full-back, well placed on the left, is about to overwhelm. A whistle sounds. The Swiss stops his action and returns to his camp, thinking of an intervention by the referee. This is not the case. Eric Wattellier did not whistle. The official stops play and then walks towards the edge of the sideline.
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He threatened to stop the match
He addresses the announcer at the Bollaert stadium and orders him to send a message over the microphone so that these unwanted whistles stop, otherwise the match will simply be interrupted.
“It’s the fifth time,” he annoys in a scene captured by the cameras of the broadcaster, beIN Sports. OM coach Roberto De Zerbi takes advantage of his presence to remind people that his team, which was in possession of the ball before the match was stopped, must recover it. While the announcer transmits the message to the spectators in the stadium, the Marseillais recover the ball where the action had stopped. The end of the match will be very lively but OM ends up winning on Lens soil.
