Juninho in Turin before Juventus-OL in the round of 16 second leg of the Champions League, August 6, 2020. -
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Olympique Lyonnais, who aimed for first place in Montpellier in case of victory, lost at the Stade de la Mosson.
A match that OL played taking 35 minutes outnumbered after the expulsion of Houssem Aouar just before the break.
For sporting director Juninho, the referee made an unfair decision and fell short.
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The midfielder who benefits from an exit voucher by OL was sent off just before half-time in Montpellier where OL were finally beaten 2-1.
At the microphone of Téléfoot, Juninho, the sporting director of OL, attacked referee François Letexier (who had officiated two days earlier in Ligue 1 during the classico as video referee).
“In Montpellier, you need a referee who has courage.
Every time we come, we leave with a red card (OL lost to Mosson 1-0 last season with a bonus expulsion from Koné).
We do not give a red like that.
There is a fault, it deserved a yellow, but give a red card at that moment, the referee decided decides the match ”.
A sole on Souquet
It is first of all a warning that he drew against the one who could have honored his first selection with the Blues during the League of Nations (before having to give up the rally after having been declared positive for the coronavirus) .
But alerted by the video referees, he decided, after consulting the Var, that the sole of the international hope on the tibia of Montpellier defender Arnaud Souquet deserved the expulsion.
In this committed match where two penalties were whistled, Hilton also saw red at the end of the match for an uncontrolled tackle on which the Brazilian first touched the ball, then unintentionally the knee of the Lyon substitute.
"We did not play enough", regrets Rudi Garcia
Rudi Garcia was more measured at a press conference, regretting “gambling facts”.
But for the Lyon coach, his team “did not play enough.
We do a good 15 minutes where we hit the post.
It's a shame not to open the scoring against this kind of team.
Then we disappeared a bit, he regrets.
We knew that we had to be present here in the fighting spirit because we know that Montpellier imposes that on its opponents.
We therefore knew that we should above all not make mistakes, not be penalized and keep a cool head.
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