2024-03-17 23:02:25
It is not Montpellier-PSG (2-6) Sunday evening which will calm the criticism aimed at French arbitration for several weeks. On its lawn, “Montpellier should have benefited from three penalties” according to Saïd Ennjimi, former international referee and arbitration consultant for L’Équipe. Three contentious situations in the Parisian area gave rise to exchanges between Florent Batta, the central referee, and his colleagues from the video assistance: in the 10th minute when Arnaud Nordin came up against Lucas Beraldo, in the 44th when Gianluigi Donnarumma was the author of an uncontrolled gesture on Tanguy Coulibaly which earned the Italian a warning and above all the only penalty awarded to the Héraultais of the evening, and finally in the 81st when Nuno Mendes brought down Mousa al-Tamari.
“In the first situation, Beraldo pushes Nordin without playing the ball, this foul would have been called in the midfielder,” confides Saïd Ennjimi. I repeat that the surface must be considered like any other part of the pitch, therefore there was a penalty. On the second situation, I agree with Mr. Batta and I too would have whistled a penalty. Even if Donnarumma touched the ball, he did not control his movement. Finally on the third, Mr. Batta makes the right decision, I don’t understand how the VAR can ask him to reconsider his choice since Nuno Mendes puts his body in opposition while Al-Tamari has passed. There is no debate. When we put this into perspective with the penalty awarded to PSG against Rennes (which allowed the Parisians to equalize [1-1] at the end of added time), it leaves you wondering. »
“French refereeing is in great difficulty every weekend. I doubt it’s one man’s fault.
the evil is deeper as the referees are too often in difficulty,” concludes Saïd Ennjimi.
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