Nice leaves Lyon with a bitter taste.
It was not the pissaladière that burned nor because of the 4-1 conceded, but for this persistent impression of not having been judged on equal terms. This Monday, through a press release, the Riviera club formalized its requests for explanations with the Technical Directorate of Arbitration and the LFP.
Access to exchanges with VAR requested
The most memorable moment according to the Aiglons? The repeated contacts of Duje Ćaleta-Car on Evann Guessand, which could have earned a penalty. The VAR would have alerted the central referee, but nothing changed. And that's not all, Nicolas Tagliafico sent Mohamed-Ali Cho to the mat, and Sofiane Diop was severely tackled by the eternal Ćaleta-Car. Two actions which, according to the people of Nice, deserved at least a video analysis. Radio silence on the refereeing side.
For Nice, these controversies are not new. For three years, each visit to Groupama Stadium seems to rhyme with questionable decisions: forgotten penalties for the Aiglons, generous whistles for OL. An accumulation that annoys but above all intrigues. The club says it does not question Lyon's superiority on the field, but demands answers. In particular access exchanges between referees and VAR.
Franck Haise and his range of varied tactics
Franck Haise and Florian Maurice destroy the Lyon-Nice referee
