Next incident in Ligue 1
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Shortly after Marseille President Pablo Longoria received a lock of 15 games, Ligue 1 threatens the next sanction of a club employee because of undiscipline-against Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca. In the 2-1 against Stade Brest, the 51 -year -old Portuguese started the referee Benoît Millot and then saw the red card. Already after the incident around Longoria, the French referee union announced that one could withdraw. Fonseca could be closed for a long time.
In stoppage time, a milloted from the Var was asked to check a possible penalty for Brest. Before he was able to tell his decision, he showed Fonseca the dismissal, who then addressed clear words to him and forehead with the impartial stand. The penalty did not exist, Millot justified the red card with a “intimidating attitude” of the OL coach.
“He plunged on me with an intimidating attitude and I decided to send him out directly. It continued to get out of control, ”said Millot of the newspaper“ L’équipe ”. “He had an even more intensive attitude, he even tried to take a blow, a head kick. I didn’t even have time to announce the final decision that it turned out that no penalty was awarded. It seemed easy to make contact with the nose to be precise. ” Fonseca apologized for his behavior after the game, but could get a lock of up to seven months according to the rules of the LFP.
At the end of February, Marseille President Longoria had accused referee Jérémy Stinat and the French league “Corruption” (for the article) after a 0: 3 against Auxerre. The French referee union then announced that one would make use of the right of withdrawal if the threats and accusations continue to increase. A few days later, the incident around Fonseca occurred.