Frédéric Antonetti, the coach of Metz will be suspended for seven games after his altercation with Lille leaders on Friday in Ligue 1, the Professional Football League announced on Wednesday.
The LFP Disciplinary Committee, meeting on Wednesday, also added three suspended suspended games for the technician, who will miss several crucial meetings for the maintenance. Involved, Lille leaders Olivier Létang and Sylvain Armand were suspended for two and four games respectively.
During Lille-Metz on Friday evening at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium (0-0), Antonetti had come to blows with Lille sports coordinator and ex-PSG player Sylvain Armand, in additional time, before being separated. “I pushed him away (Sylvain Armand), that’s all, nothing wrong. There are no regrets to have when you are attacked, ”he said after the match at the microphone of Prime Video.
Known for his outspokenness, the Corsican coach had tackled Kylian Mbappé in September, believing that the latter “would benefit from being a little more humble”, following a heated exchange between the Parisian star and Alexandre Oukidja, the Lorraine goalkeeper during Metz-PSG.
