Julien Stéphan has still not digested the defeat of his team Wednesday against Chelsea in the Champions League.

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Two days after the defeat to Chelsea in the Champions League, frustration is still great in the Rennes camp.

The target of their anger is Felix Zwayer, the German referee of the match, guilty in their eyes of having "killed the match".

Just before half-time, the man in black was indeed illustrated by granting a penalty to the Blues for an involuntary hand from Dalbert in the area, expelling the Brazilian defender in the wake for a second yellow card.

Chelsea-Rennes: "We were refereed like Petit Poucet", the Britons furious with the refereeing https://t.co/FsHEpKSwkZ via @ 20minutesRennes pic.twitter.com/sfRqoZbPuf

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"That he takes the party to whistle the penalty, that is.

But that he put a second yellow card, it is anti-football ", reacted this Friday afternoon in a press conference Julien Stéphan, believing that the referee should have" shown psychology ".

At the end of the match, President Nicolas Holveck was also out of its hinges.

"We are certainly refereed like the Petit Poucet, like the newcomer and it was difficult to accept," said Nicolas Holvech at the microphone of the

Téléfoot

channel 

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The rule on the hand in the box is debated

The anger of Rennes in any case finds an echo in the news.

In a letter sent a few days ago to Fifa President Gianni Infantino, his UEFA counterpart Aleksander Ceferin indeed asked to change the rule on the hand of a player in the penalty area in order to put an end to the "growing frustration" created by a series of recent penalties.

The request aims to have this new rule, in force since March 2019, adjusted in order to allow the referees to judge the intentionality of the player who touched the ball with his hand.

"It is essential to clarify this rule and for there to be uniformity between the competitions," said Julien Stéphan on the eve of his team's trip to the Parc des Princes.

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