FC Metz on Monday defended its coach Frédéric Antonetti, excluded during the Lille-Metz match (0-0) after an altercation with Lille leaders on Friday in Ligue 1, a red card which could lead to a suspension for the Corsican technician.

Metz supports him

The Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP), which meets Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., should examine the case of Antonetti, for whom this is the third red card this season.

It will be necessary to see if a decision is taken immediately by the commission or if the file is put in instruction.

“Frédéric Antonetti was the victim of inappropriate remarks from one of the Lille leaders”, defended Metz in a press release, saying that he provided “his support” to the technician.

“Faced with the lack of respect and the pressure that could have affected the outcome of the match, while the garnet club is fighting to stay among the elite, Frédéric Antonetti reacted to defend the interests of his team. added the club.

The facts occurred a few minutes before the end of the match at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium: Antonetti was excluded after a very heated altercation with the sports coordinator of Losc Sylvain Armand on the edge of the field, whom he accused of having come near from his technical area to complain to the fourth referee.

“When someone attacks me, I respond.

I took the red but I don't let myself get carried away on the ground, ”explained the Corsican technician during a rather stormy press conference.

“Of course I went a bit too far”

On Saturday, the Messin coach returned to this incident at the microphone of Amazon Prime Video: “Of course I went a little too far.

There was a complete lack of respect (…) Basically I'm right, so maybe on the form I'm surely wrong to react like that because these are not beautiful images to show.

“Antonetti had already received a red card against Reims in August, then against Paris SG in September for having strongly attacked the referee of the match.

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