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Behind any memorable disillusionment of French football hides the face of a referee. So ask OM supporters if, even 35 years later, they forgot Marcel Van Langenhove, the man behind Vata's hand during a cruel Benfica-OM (1-0). The same for Lyonnais, banged in 2005 by The obvious penalty on Nilmar Zapped by Kim Milton Nielsen in Eindhoven (1-1, 4-2 on penalties). And obviously by PSG fans, always the nerves raw when they hear the name of Deniz Aytekin since the reassembly From 2017 to Camp Nou (6-1).
So, did the Swiss referee Sandro Schärer deserve his place in this prestigious Pantheon, the day after this quarter-final return of the Europa Manchester United League (5-4) of Ores already entered the legend of the worst trauma of our football? We can notice that coach Paulo Fonseca (he is true vaccinated by his suspension in Ligue 1 until November), like the Lyon players, were very soft In the Old Trafford interview area about it.
A month ago, President Lille Olivier Létang was much more sharp concerning this same Sandro Schärer, after the 8th finals of the Champions League Lost Return against Borussia Dortmund (1-2). The referee had shown leniency towards the side of Borussia Waldemar Anton, who could have been expelled, and he had above all granted a very generous penalty to the Germans, to 1-0 in favor of the LOSC.
“For me, there is no mistake. When the referee is appointed, when I saw that he was German Swiss, I found it quite special. At halftime he spoke with the Dortmund players exclusively in German… ”, then denounced Olivier Létang. But let's go back to our sheep, and on three decisions that were able to influence the epic scenario of the Man U-OL on Thursday evening.
89th: Tolisso's expulsion (very severe)
Invigorated by its two goals scored in the second half (2-2), OL seems capable of making Manchester United bend in the last minutes of regulation time. It was then that on a Mason Mason service towards Leny Yoro on the right side, this last fall, obviously after a Croc-en-Jambe by Corentin Tolisso. Logically warned in the first period (45th + 1), the Lyonnais captain is expelled by Sandro Schärer.
More idlewe can see that Corentin Tolisso does everything possible so as not to trip the former Lille defender. Admittedly, the number 8 Lyonnais was in the viewfinder of the referee after a previous limit intervention, but in no case (very) light involuntary clash did not deserve such heavy consequences.
“Unfortunately, I take this second card that hurts us, A debriefed it at the microphone of Canal +. I did not review the images, I don't know if there is a fault or not, if the card is deserved or not. With the experience I have, I think I must be smarter and not be in its race. »Corentin Tolisso hat not to argue any more about this decision which made all Lyon supporters.
111st: Penalty for Casemiro, really?
Even at 10 against 11, OL succeeded in the small miracle to carry two goals (2-4) thanks to Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette. There are only ten minutes left in this extension and Lyon seems to be rather serene, until this center of Luke Shaw deviated from the head by Casemiro. In the confusion, the ball returns to the ex-madrilene, who tries to resume and is touched by Thiago Almada.
At the time, Sandro Schärer lets the game continue despite the protests of Bruno Fernandes … But the arbitration Var challenges him. For a manifest error therefore, really? Ok, Thiago Almada has the bad reflex to touch the foot of Casemiro, but was it enough to whistle a penalty completely reviving the suspense in this match, at a time when Old Trafford was starting to empty?
We do not think so here, and the irony of history is there: the absence of Var was fatal at OL in 2005, just like its existence twenty years later. “This penalty hurt us,” admits Malick Fofana. It is even the turn of an astounding extension.
120th+ 1: a Maguire stroller on Niakhaté?
Completely in the strings after the penalty of Bruno Fernandes (3-4, 114th) and the equalization of Kobbie Mainoo (4-4, 120th), OL is backwards and struggles to secure the penalty shootout. On a Casemiro center, Moussa Niakhaté is struggling in the air with a Harry Maguire improvising advanced attacker. The improbable pillar of the Three Lions escapes the Senegalese, crucifies Lucas Perri of the head and capsizes Old Trafford as never this season (5-4, 120th+ 1).
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Did he get there thanks to a stroller, as Lucas Perri and Duje Caleta-Car immediately claim? We prayed for the Var to come and save OL on this one, but let's be honest: in no case the mini-maguire mini-skid in the back of Niakhaté did not deserve to be sanctioned. On this one, Sandro Schärer was right to let the game continue and not to be trapped by the Niakhaté dive, guilty of an air-defense on the action. As he was partly reason not to whistle hot the exaggerated fall of Casemiro ten minutes earlier. Friends of Lyon, we are with you.
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