As was strongly expected, Olympique de Marseille appealed against the decision of the disciplinary committee of the LFP after the incidents in Lyon at the end of November.
A penalty point for Lyon, the match to be replayed at Groupama Stadium, this does not suit Marseille after the bottle thrown in the face of which Dimitri Payet was a victim at the end of November at Décines. As expected, the Marseille club has thus chosen to appeal this decision to the appeal committee of the French Football Federation. According to information from L’Equipe, Olympique de Marseille is particularly unhappy decisions taken by the Professional Football League and therefore referred the appeal to the FFF so that the judgment could be fully reviewed. “OM confirms having started this process without wanting to say more” informs the national daily.
???? “We cannot accept that there is only the Lyonnais version that is defended”
OM’s communications director Jacques Cardoze (@JacquesCardoze), believes that OL’s version minimizes Lyon’s responsibilities for security breaches pic.twitter.com/YBNJWuGuke
– BFM Marseille Provence (@BFMMarseille) December 9, 2021
Just a week ago, just before the disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League delivered its judgment, the communications director of the Marseille club Jacques Cardoze criticized the LFP’s choice not to invite OM to the debates. “As you have seen, no OM leader has been invited to speak to this disciplinary committee. We have not received any summons. We believe that this disciplinary commission today is illegitimate, that it is a travesty of justice ” had castigated Jacques Cardoze. “Do you know of a court of justice in the world, civil or sporting, which summons the responsible but not the victim, which gives more weight to the word of the responsible than that of the victim? “ he had finally wondered. For its part, Olympique Lyonnais had also opened the door to an appeal, believing that the disciplinary committee of the LFP had “Surrendered to emotion” by sportingly punishing OL with the penalty point. The reaction of Gones to the call of OM will therefore be closely scrutinized …
