Russian referee Anastasia Pustovoitova was strongly criticized Wednesday for deciding to expel Parisian midfielder Grace Geyoro (66th). Villar Lopez / POOL - AFP

  • OL won another shock against Paris (1-0) on Wednesday in Bilbao (Spain), this time in the Champions League semi-final.
  • At the end of a disappointing match, the coach and the captain of PSG both pointed to the refereeing “not at the level” during this match.
  • An almost incomprehensible explanation given the leniency of Anastasia Pustovoitova, who could have excluded Nadia Nadim in the first period and then awarded a penalty to the Lyonnaises (53rd).

It is not easy to remember the name of Anastasia Pustovoitova. To believe the Parisian captain Irene Paredes, the PSG will however long nightmare this Russian referee, which she considers responsible Wednesday for the new elimination of his club against the Lyon rival, Wednesday in the semi-final of the Champions League in Bilbao (0 -1). "It is played once again on small details, and small details, it is also the arbitration, indicates Irene Paredes at the microphone of Canal +. It's part of the game, but it doesn't just have to go one way. This is not the first time and I would like that to change. "

Suffice to say that at this moment of the interview, we tried to remember the obvious mistakes made by Anastasia Pustovoitova to the detriment of PSG, in a meeting (as usual) closed and tense between the two best French teams. “During the whole match, the referee gave us yellow cards for small faults and that killed us little by little, plague the Spanish defender. Grace Geyoro makes two faults and she takes two cards [30th and 66], it's hard to overcome that. "

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"Make a level playing field with Lyon, now it's done"

Just as it is extremely daring to dare this justification after the fourth defeat of the season against the ogre Lyon. His trainer Olivier Echouafni went in the same direction when analyzing this European semi-final concluded ten against ten: “Today, we were faced with a refereeing not at all level. There were two very high level teams but unfortunately the refereeing took over. We are not hiding behind that, but it is a parameter that we cannot neglect. We will have to raise the level of arbitration. "

🗨️ "We will have to raise the level of arbitration"

Olivier Echouafni deplores the quality of the arbitration during this #PSGOL. According to him, "the game is going too fast and the arbitration must follow" 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/1jdymcJ8lr

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Interesting during the Coupe de France final two weeks earlier, despite elimination on penalties (0-0, 3-4 on penalties), his players were muddled this time and only scored two shots. “They were great, insists however the former coach of the Blue. We have these last 15-20 meters to negotiate better but to make a level playing field with Lyon, now it's done. "

Aulas also "very angry" with the referee

A strange line of achievements for a club that has only been able to hang on to a Coupe de France (2018) since the arrival of QSI in 2011. And faced with such bad faith, especially in view of the non-expulsion of Nadia Nadim in the first period and a possible forgotten penalty in favor of Buchanan (53rd), Jean-Michel Aulas could only come out of the woods.

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(53rd mn) #PSGOL #UWCL pic.twitter.com/lvpmwx1MVW

- OL + Female (@OL_Plus_Fem) August 26, 2020

“We should have the VAR for women [it is only planned for the final], it would be the least of things, says JMA on Canal +. I was also very angry with the referee because she let too much play. The Parisiennes made three times as many faults as us [27 against 11] and there could probably have been more severe penalties. So I don't think Parisians are right to complain. After all, the 22 trophies gap between the two clubs for nine years may not be explained by "details".

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