2023-05-07 10:43:41
It was perhaps a fact of the game that tipped the fate of the match, and consequently of the end of the season and the race for this precious second place in Ligue 1. Eighth minute of this RC Lens-Olympique de Marseille (2-1), Saturday evening in Bollaert, Alexis Sánchez believes to open the scoring following an opportunistic recovery of the ball in the feet of Kevin Danso at the entrance to the Sang et Or surface. Problem: after having consulted the VAR, the evening referee Clément Turpin decides to cancel the opener, considering that the Chilean fouls the Austrian.
“I have reviewed the images and honestly, I see no fault,” lamented Igor Tudor, the Marseille coach, at a press conference following the meeting. The Croatian, whose team is relegated to two points behind their evening opponents following the meeting, looked particularly upset against the evening referee. In English in the text: “I told the referee that he had the courage to cancel the goal but not the courage to put a second yellow in Medina. If he has the c… in one direction, he must have the c… in the other direction”, referring to a tackle supported by the Argentinian on Mbemba which could have been worth a second warning, shortly after a first collected at following a ball sent to the Marseille bench (23rd).
4 games, 4 losses for OM with Turpin this season
A fact of the game which seemed to be almost unanimous against him, both with the commentators of the match and the Marseille supporters, of course, who were not angry with this decision of the French referee. Some even point out, as a mathematical demonstration, that the four OM matches he was on the whistle ended in as many defeats (the two matches against Paris, against Nice and therefore against Lens), for a total of six defeats this season in Ligue 1 for the Phocaeans.
The Lensois obviously did not have the same feeling. After this disallowed goal, the Sang et Or got back on their feet and ended up dominating their opponent after another successful collective performance. “Live, I saw the stroller in the back, simply commented Franck Haise. The logic was to whistle foul from the start. So it does not surprise me that at the VAR, he refused this goal. »
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