• OGC Nice went to a 0-0 draw at RC Strasbourg this Saturday.

  • The match was marked by two exclusions: of the Nice captain Dante but also of his partner Justin Kluivert… who was on the bench.

  • How could such a red card be distributed?

    Christophe Galtier returned to this fact of the match.

At the Meinau stadium in Strasbourg,

An unusual scene.

Almost unbelievable.

The 85th minute of play had just started at La Meinau this Saturday when Stéphanie Frappart headed for the sidelines of OGC Nice.

To calm Christophe Galtier, reassembled since the severe exclusion of Dante at the start of the second period?

Not at all !

Moments later, the referee waved the red card to… Justin Kluivert.

Either a player who had left the field for about twenty minutes and had dressed.

Why such a penalty?

At the time, no one at the stadium understood.

And even an hour after the match in Strasbourg (0-0), the Riviera coach was still stunned.

"It's incomprehensible," thundered Christophe Galtier.

“This red, I find it unjustified.

I was told it was because Justin made obscene gestures.

It's wrong, it's a lie.

That he was able to contest a foul on Calvin (Stengs), it is possible.

But there is a difference between challenging and making obscene gestures.

»

"Unhealthy Atmosphere"

The OGC Nice technician also wanted the 4th referee, Hakim Ben Hadj, who alerted Stéphanie Frappart.

"He had decided to make the atmosphere on the benches a little unhealthy," insisted the coach, also annoyed by the possible suspension of his Dutch winger.

Will he miss the semi-final of the Coupe de France on Tuesday then the shock against PSG on Saturday?

“I am angry because an exclusion on a bench can have significant consequences […] We will go before the disciplinary committee.

It takes more pedagogy, more psychology when faced with a player at that point in the game.

»

Decidedly, it was not the best afternoon of the Niçois this season.

Shortly after the break, their captain Dante had already seen red, for two yellow cards.

An opinion Christophe Galtier?

"He made three mistakes.

I saw that of the 34th minute (where he does not take a sanction), there is the will to clear but there is also a high foot.

It could have been a second yellow card.

The second out just after the break is compensation, ”he assures.

Before linking all of this to “half-time pressure on the refereeing body”.

From whom?

The Nice coach will not say clearly that he was thinking of members of the Alsatian club.

“It was not from us in any case”.

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