The people of Strasbourg are sinking into crisis. After his new defeat against Lille this Sunday (2-0), the third in four games, tempers flared in the ranks of the current 17th, and first relegated, in Ligue 1. Indeed, at the final whistle , club captain Dimitri Liénard (34) and Nordine Kandil (21) had a heated argument on Pierre-Mauroy’s lawn, before returning to the locker room.
Following a few words exchanged, Liénard grabbed his young teammate by the collar and several players, including Colin Dagba and Lille’s Tiago Djalo intervened to separate them. Dimitri Liénard was then calmed down by his former teammate in Alsace, Jonas Martin, before returning to the locker room, visibly still irritated.
“It went down quickly”
Present in the mixed zone after the match, Strasbourg midfielder Sanjin Prcic spoke of the tensions between his two teammates: “The atmosphere in the locker room? It went down quickly. As after every game, there is frustration. Now we have to come back down, calm down, and start a new week of work. “For his part, the Alsatian technician Mathieu Le Scornet was very brief on the question: “Tensions, they arise from dysfunctions, that’s it”.
It remains to be seen whether the two men will be sanctioned for their behavior by Strasbourg, which vegetates at the bottom of the championship, but remains only one point behind 16th place, held by Troyes.