2023-04-22 15:10:20
“When professionals are refereed by amateurs…” The words are harsh and to be attributed to the former left-back of AJ Auxerre Quentin Bernard on March 19, 2022. These words, the current player of Niort pronounced them at the microphone of BeIN Sports against the referee of the match he was playing against Toulouse (1-2, March 19), Stéphanie Frappart.
“We are not going to talk about the magic trio but hey…”, had launched the side ironically. When pros are refereed by amateurs… It’s a shame that she fucks the party like that but we know her, she’s used to it. »
This Saturday, AJ Auxerre, which hosts Lille, will once again be refereed by Mrs. Frappart. And the least we can say is that resentment is tenacious in Burgundy. Since the announcement of the appointment of the referee, a flood of negative messages has been pouring out on Twitter against the 39-year-old referee. To feed their argument, Auxerre fans put forward figures.
It is true that of the last 12 Auxerre games refereed by Stéphanie Frappart, 11 have ended in defeat. A ratio which pushes the Burgundian supporters to say that their referee of the day clearly has a grudge against them, especially in view of some of his decisions, deemed contentious.
Three red cards in the last four games
The match from which Quentin Bernard emerged furious is precisely the last that the Frenchwoman refereed. It was a Ligue 2 meeting against Toulouse during which Stéphanie Frappart had whistled a penalty in favor of the TFC and released a red card against Gaëtan Charbonnier.
Three years earlier, she had already had to be escorted out of the Abbé-Deschamps stadium after a derby against Troyes under tension. The official had expelled Mickaël Le Bihan for a whim before doing the same with Jean-Marc Furlan for protest.
For their part, Christophe Pélissier and Maxime Jeanvier tried to extinguish the emerging controversy this week at a press conference. “We know that there are referees who more or less let play. We give instructions to the players, but it’s not something I waste my time on, assures the Auxerre coach. I prefer to focus on my team, on what we are going to put in place. (…) The referee will sometimes make mistakes in our favour, sometimes against us. The closer the end of the championship approaches, the greater the consequences of these errors.
During AJA’s last 4 matches, Stéphanie Frappart has drawn 3 red cards, for actions deemed contentious by the Burgundian side. Will she release a new one during the match against LOSC? The supporters are already ironic by putting a very low coast for a Lille penalty. Will the scenario thwart their predictions?
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