Brest (AFP)
Rennes has "set a technical reserve" on the result of the derby against Brest (0-0) on Saturday night, AFP learned at the club chaired by Olivier Létang, who also explained in a long statement.
"There are two situations that are ambiguous to say the least," said President Létang in a text posted after the match on the website of the Breton club.
"In the first half, there was a penalty kick on Raphinha, we saw the shots, there was a foul, and at no time was there a VAR consultation," he said. the former leader of Paris SG.
"And there is this fact of the match that is quite important.In the 65th minute, the goal is initially validated by the referee after exchanges with his colleagues who had the images." He went very quickly, he has then largely took the time to analyze the situation ", judges the president of Rennes.
"Then, after repeatedly asking the Brestois to engage, there was an outside intervention, then the players, palaver.The referee came back to a situation that he had measured and shared.It is inevitably particular , something that I had never known, "he adds.
"Fortunately, we explained ourselves with a lot of calm with the Brestois late in the game," adds Olivier Létang. But he continues: "We notice that in the last matches, five points are wandering somewhere, and we are wondering about specific arbitration decisions".
"We're not going to enter the paranoid or the conspiracy theory but we have to ask ourselves what does it mean? The next time we do not agree on a decision, we do not commit to anything else. Beyond Stade Rennais FC, these are situations that we can not revisit this season, "concluded President Létang.
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