LOSC – Metz: we know more about the sanctions after the altercation between Antonetti and Armand – Goal! soccer club

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Frédéric Antonetti and Sylvain Armand had a very big altercation towards the end of the meeting between LOSC and Metz. The FC Metz coach criticized the Lille sports coordinator for coming to his technical area. However, he made this reproach by physically attacking Armand. A gesture that could cost him dearly.

According to RMC Sport, the disciplinary committee will take up the case next Wednesday, February 23, 2022. The LFP scale provides for a sanction ranging from two games for excessive behavior up to four months for attempted brutality.

FC Metz responds

In a press release, FC Metz charges the Lille leaders and their presence at the edge of the field: “On the occasion of the 25th day of Ligue 1 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, LOSC and FC Metz left in a draw and virgin. In the last minutes of this meeting, Frédéric Antonetti was excluded. If the reaction of the Grenats coach may have appeared excessive, FC Metz would like to come back to certain facts. Following the expulsion of Edon Zhegrova in stoppage time, the leaders of LOSC appeared on the edge of the lawn in order to put pressure on the fourth referee.

Despite the request from the Metz technical staff to stop inveighing against the refereeing corps, the Lille leaders continued, initially from the edge of the lawn, from where they are not intended to follow the match, then in the technical area. by Frédéric Antonetti, reserved for the visiting coach. While he had first pushed them out of his technical area, Frédéric Antonetti was the victim of inappropriate remarks from one of the Lille leaders.

Faced with the lack of respect and the attempts at pressure which could have had an impact on the outcome of the match, while the garnet club is fighting to stay among the elite, Frédéric Antonetti reacted to defend the interests of his team.

Consequently, FC Metz supports Frédéric Antonetti and asks the Professional Football League, at the time of approaching a decisive end to the season for the future of certain clubs, to put an end to provocations and attempts to pressure on the referees at the edge of the lawns of Ligue 1″

to summarize

The match between LOSC and FC Metz, during the 25th day of Ligue 1, ended in a draw (0-0). A match marked by a big altercation between Antonetti, the Messin coach, and Sylvain Armand. An altercation that will quickly be punished.