Believing themselves unfair for three matches, FC Nantes have a “feeling of a la carte arbitration”.

FC Nantes are fed up with adverse refereeing decisions for three matches and have decided to say so. This Monday afternoon, the Nantes club – which contacted the Technical Directorate of Arbitration on January 16 after disputed arbitration decisions cost Nantes-Clermont – published an objectionable press release. “Underline its increasing inaccessibility in the face of several recent arbitration decisions”.. A drop of water? Yesterday, during Reims-Nantes (0-0), Reims striker Darami’s big sole on Comart’s ankle (out with injury yesterday and out for several weeks). A gesture that was not penalized with a foul by the referee.

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“Besides Eray Cömert’s injury which deprived FC Nantes of its executive for several matches, it is increasingly difficult to find consistency in certain refereeing and disciplinary decisions in recent weeks.FC Nantes explains. How can we understand the sanction of three matches of the suspension imposed on Benny Traore – sanction confirmed by CNOSF – FC Nantes – Clermont for involuntary gestures during the foot match (and without consequences for the integrity of the Clermont player) and from which the release after his fault on Eray Cömert on Sunday Mohamed Darami benefited? Despite VAR, the Reims striker did not even receive a caution while Eray had to leave his partners injured. »

FC Nantes wants to be “generally referred”

For three meetings, the Nantes club considered itself unfair by arbitration (Nantes-Clermont 1-2, Nantes-Laval 0-1 and Reims-Nantes, 0-0). “Some arbitration decisions in recent weeks have given the club and its supporters a sense of a la carte arbitration.A press release suggests before the conclusion. Out of respect for the club, its staff, its players and its supporters, as well as for the fairness of competitions, FC Nantes asks for nothing less than is normally referred. »