The technical director of arbitration (DTA) Pascal Garibian will be dismissed, the president of the French Football Federation Noël le Graët said on the newspaper’s website on Wednesday. The Team. «Can’t deny there are some pros who don’t want him anymore“Says the boss of the FFF. “But you have to respect your employment contract. I must receive it and see the future with it. I will tell him : “Pascal, we’re going to stop. Now, how do we do it?”, He continues.
Since the start of the season, refereeing has been regularly criticized by several Ligue 1 players. FC Nantes coach Antoine Kombouaré was sanctioned this week with a one-match suspension for having accused the referees of Nantes-Nice match, on October 23, of “minds (r)“, calling them “dishonest“. At the beginning of September, the president of Stade de Reims, Jean-Pierre Caillot, was suspended from all official duties until December 31 for his remarks made at the end of August after the draw (1-1) between his team and Lyon. “I repeat it every week, there is a problem with French arbitration“, he said on August 28.
«We are moving towards a change of strategy in arbitration“, announces Le Graët to the sports daily. “I will receive Pascal (Garibian) quickly. It is more than likely that there will be a change, but that does not mean that all clubs will win their matches…“, added the boss of the FFF to L’Équipe, speaking after an executive committee of the body.