Monster scandal at St. Etienne! “Red” withdrawn, recognized mistake. Hit referee, interrupted match!
Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Monday, April 21, 2025, 10:51 / Updated Monday, April 21, 2025 10:52
Saint Etienne won the match with Lyon (2-1) thanks to Lucas Stassin's “double”, a player who was not to be on the ground in the 25th minute. The match was interrupted 45 minutes, after an assistant referee was hit with a coin in the stands.
13 minutes after he had opened the score, Lucas Stassin harshly hit Corentin Tolisso and the “central” François Letexier showed him directly the red card (23). But it later changed with a yellow one, after being noticed from the Var cabin and reviewed the phase on a monitor.
This overthrow obviously caused the anger of Lyon, given that Tolisso left the land on Targă and Stassin came to score a second goal, the one who assured St.'s victory. Etienne (67).
John Textor, Lyon's president: “A player who no longer had to be on the field. The referee acknowledged his mistake.”
“The irony is that we were defeated by two goals scored by a player who should not have been on the field when he scored the second,” the president of OL, the American businessman John Texator, complained to the second.
Texter revealed that referee François Letexier acknowledged that he was wrong when he decided to cancel the red card. “The referee just recognized our player (no – Corentin Tolisso) that he was actually wrong. There should have been a red card.
After reflecting, he understood what the whole country understood. I want to thank him for his honesty, it's a good thing, but it's sad, “John added:” I knew it was a mistake, but it hurts even more that the referee a few moments after the match.
The positive side is that he learns from this mistake. It's his merit that he says. It will allow Coco (no – Tolisso) to understand the situation a little better. I saw him leaving in the crutches. “
Matching match 45 minutes after an assistant was hit. St. Etienne risks deputy!
It wasn't the only incident of the match. Shortly before the break, one of the assistants of Francois Letxtier, Rahmouni, was hit with a coin.
Doctors consult the injured referee at the head
He felt dizzy and was led to the locker rooms, and Letextier interrupted the game for 45 minutes! The game resumed after the assistant returned and assured he could continue. The daily L'Equipe writes that St. Etienne even risks withdrawing some points!
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