It is Hakim Ben El Hadj who was appointed to referee the poster RC Lens-Toulouse this Sunday (16th day of Ligue 1, 3 p.m., to follow live on Lensois.com and broadcast in full on DAZN).
Gwenael Pasqualotti and Florian Gonçalves will be his assistants while Mickaël Leleu will officiate as 4th referee. Romain Lissorgue and Cyril Gringore will be responsible for video assistance.
Already on the whistle for the last RC Lens-Toulouse and a funny wink after the retirement of Jimmy Cabot
Aged 46, Hakim Ben El Hadj led 8 Ligue 1 matches this season, issuing 32 yellow cards and no reds. He has not yet refereed Lens this season, unlike Toulouse, during a 2-0 victory for the Violets at home against Auxerre on December 1. Note thatHakim Ben El HadI had already refereed Lens-Toulouse last season. It was the first victory of the season for the Sang et Or in the championship, after 6 days (2-1). He subsequently refereed a Nice-Lens which was less successful for Lensois (2-0 on December 20). It was also he who refereed the RC Lens-Montpellier on October 15, 2022 during which Jimmy Cabot seriously injured his knee, to the point of having had to resolve to retire at the end of 2024. He then asked the Lensois to get up, seeming to imply that he was doing more…
