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At the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium,
“Besides,” Coco “goes there. If that is not a red card, I don't understand anything about football anymore. We looked in vain during the derby won to everyone's surprise by ASSE (2-1) real synchronization on the field between Lyon players. It was finally found in the post-match. In the middle of a rant of Matthieu Louis-Jean against the arbitration of François Letexier in the cauldron, the technical director of OL received in the interview zone the support of Corentin Tolisso.
Without a word, the deflected mine, the best midfielder from Lyon this season has left Geoffroy-Guichard with crutches and a big splint on the right leg. The reason? At the 22nd minute of play, after a pass of Duje Caleta-cara 25 meters from his goals, the 2018 world champion is put on the ground by a rough intervention by Lucas Stassin, early scorer for the Greens (1-0, 10th). In just five seconds, François Letexier approaches the young Belgian striker without hesitation to draw a red card.
He changes his decision in just thirty seconds
If the ultimate sanction surprises at the time, we understand by viewing the slow motion that the sole suffered by Corentin Tolisso, which has immediately twisted with ground pain, is both uncontrolled and very dangerous, which can jeopardize Achilles, ankle and knee tendon. Except that the Var assistants decide to alert François Letexier so that he himself comes to consult the images.
A point that is enough to drive the Lyon owner John Textor crazy: “If it did not have such a devastating effect on our season, that would be laughable. We know the criteria of a red card and it was direct. To be reviewed by the referee via the Var, FIFA stipulates that there must be “a manifest error”. Video referees must therefore tell us what they have seen as a manifest error here ”.
Rarely a change of arbitral decision will have been so rapid in Ligue 1 since the installation of the Var. Only thirty seconds only after being called to the control screen by his evening video assistant Willy Delajod, François Letexier decides to transform red into yellow … while Corentin Tolisso is about to be installed on the stretcher!
“It's a chance for me,” admits Lucas Stassin
The Taulier of OL in 2025 therefore leaves his teammates to ten, hands on the face and a bruised right leg, until his replacement by Paul Akouokou in the 28th minute of play. “When I see” Coco “touched like that, I know that there is nothing, says goalkeeper Rémy Descamps. I was told that he had been touched at the Achilles tendon. And as it is behind, it's red for me. »»
As with all Lyon leaders and supporters, but also neutral observers, Former referee Bruno Derrienin short, absolutely the entire football planet… outside Lucas Stassin. “I saw the images again and I thought that the referee was going to come back to cancel the red card (God Increll Belgium),” says this one. It is his decision, it could be yellow or red, and in any case you had to respect it. It may be a turning point in the match and it's a chance for me to have been able to continue. »»
Especially since the most prolific striker in Ligue 1 in 2025 (with 11 achievements) behind Ousmane Dembélé and Mika Biereth made the break of a sublime strike from the outside of the surface in the second period (2-0, 67th). “Irony is to be beaten by two goals from a player who should no longer be on the field, while one of our best players was outside and could miss several games with a serious injury,” sums up (rightly on this one) John Textor.
“Seeing Stass Homme du Match is ridiculous”
Deputy coach of Paulo Fonseca, whom he replaces at the foot raised in the championship because of his immense suspension, Jorge Maciel is even more sharp on the subject: “Seeing a player man of the match when he must be outside in the 23rd minute of the match, it's ridiculous. And seeing that he put another out of the field is hard. ” Aware of the electrical climate of the derby, and particularly of this 126th episode, Lucas Stassin assures the media: “I went to say sorry for Corentin Tolisso, it is not a gesture that I wanted to make. I did not intend to go hurt him, I wanted to recover the ball, I'm sorry. ”
The only explanation for this absolute mystery was provided to Matthieu Louis-Jean by François Letexier: it would be for him a “fault below the ankle”. Yeah, the creepy images are not really going in this direction, and we are thinking this Monday morning of a gloomy scenario: we may have attended Saint-Etienne at the last match of Corentin Tolisso (30 years and at the end of the contract this summer) with his training club.
It is also impossible not to rethink the famous speech by François Letexier to justify his expulsion as fast as severe of Amine Harit, guilty of a high foot on the chest of Marquinhos during OM-PSG. “” We are particularly vigilant because it is our work to protect playersexplained the one who was elected best referee in the world 2024 by the International Federation of History and Statistics of Football (IFFHS). The endangering of the physical integrity of the opponent, even when it is not generated by a deliberate action, deserves an exclusion. »»
“The arbitration of M. Latexier was catastrophic”
Except that since this outing, François Letexier has stood out by not expressing Wilfried Singo, yet the author of a terrible sole in the face (in blood) of Gianluigi Donnarumma having forced him to give up his place, nor therefore Lucas Stassin having injured Corentin Tolisso, nor even Antonio Rüdiger waving the crampons calmly On the chest of Myles Lewis-Skelly during Real Madrid-Arsenal in the Champions League. So many pans that push Matthieu Louis-Jean to flip.
« I find that it is a scandal, Mr. Lettexier's arbitration was catastrophic. Again, there is a misunderstanding of this arbitration. It was a big challenge match, we want to qualify for the Champions League and you have the impression that we are a problem. There is no exchange, the arbitrators do not try to understand or communicate. There is a kind of arrogance at times, it bothers me and we are angry tonight. »
In this little game of draining bag against French arbitration, John Textor goes there with his quantified assessment: the US businessman has identified “seven arbitral errors against OL linked to the VAR and recognized by the Technical Department of Arbitration (DTA)” in the last two seasons. So there's an eighth, as the DTA mea-culpa should fall in the week.
“It will neither lead pain or misunderstanding”
After this terrible week, marked by the cruel elimination in the Europa League in Manchester United (5-4), there too with disputed arbitral decisions, and the first derby lost for six years, the boss of an OL having fell in 6th place in Ligue 1 went there a final update on Sunday evening: “In a surprising moment of honor, the arbiter be a red card. I want to thank him for his honesty for admitting this, but it's still painful to know that it was a mistake. ”
On his Instagram account, Corentin Tolisso confirms, a supporting photo: “The apologies of Mr. LETEXIER will lend neither pain nor misunderstanding”. The ultimate salvo that we had not seen coming from Paulo Fonseca's video analyst, Nelson Duarte, who released On his X account: “OL is stolen tonight! Again. It is unacceptable and unacceptable. Shame on you ”.
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“We understood that there are quite a few people who do not want us to be in the European race,” concludes Jorge Maciel accusing. At this rate, the club will be able to organize a bus for its staff and its leaders for the next LFP disciplinary commission.
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