We could have expected to see a happy Julien Stéphan, or at least relieved, in the bowels of the Stadium, after the stunning TFC – Strasbourg (2-2) this Sunday afternoon.

After all, his Racing caught up with a very bad start, leaving Toulouse with a point after being led 2-0, thanks to goals from Lebo Mothiba (65th) and Kevin Gameiro, opportunist after seeing his penalty pushed back by Maxime Dupé, the goalkeeper of the Violets (73rd).

But the Alsatian technician appeared furious in front of the press.

“We should have had a [second] penalty in the 90th minute which was refused to us, he exclaimed.

I do not know why.

Due to a lack of courage, no doubt.

It's not the first time this has happened to us, we never said anything, but enough is enough.

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A Rouault - Le Marchand clash

After using the VAR, the referee Jérémy Stinat decided not to sanction Anthony Rouault, the Toulouse defender and first scorer, for his intervention in his 6 meters on Maxime Le Marchand.

And therefore not to grant the "peno" which could have allowed the 16th in Ligue 1 to give themselves some air.

“We know that we are engaged in the race to maintain and I hope that we will not miss two or three points at the end of the season”, asserted Stéphan.

“When a penalty deserves to be whistled it must be whistled, it doesn't matter that it is in the 90th minute and that the opponent is at 10 [expulsion of Nicolaisen, 71st].

You have to have courage and the referee lacked it.

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The Strasbourg coach goes even further against Jérémy Stinat: “I went to see him after the match and he was not very well.

Should I be penalized?

Never mind.

I will have protected the club, I will have protected my players.

This is not the first time this has happened this season, we are tired of it repeating itself.

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Even if he still enjoys a lot of credit at Racing, Stéphan sees his L1 colleagues falling one after the other, at the heart of a season with four relegations which is putting the nerves of managers and coaches to very severe test.

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