The referee of the match which took place on Saturday evening, in Saint-Amand-Montrond, between the local football club and the C team of Bourges Foot 18 (Regional 2, equivalent of the 7th division), plans to file a complaint against a player from the Berruyer club according to the vice-president of the Amicale Epernon, a club from Eure-et-Loir where the referee is dismissed.
She managed to reach him on Sunday. The latter would have indicated that he did not wish to speak publicly.
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On Saturday evening, Alexis Richard, 29, said he was headbutted by Zayyane Assani, 18, in the 39th minute of the match, when the latter had just taken a red card after a scuffle with a player. du Boischaut. The match was stopped immediately and did not resume.
Back in the locker room, the referee, who clearly expressed having been the victim of a headbutt, had a reddened forehead, according to a correspondent of the berry republican present to cover the game.
In no case did I hit him.
Met this Sunday on the edge of a football field, in Bourges, Zayyane Assani refutes any blow to the referee. “First there was an altercation with an AS Saint-Amand striker, he said. I went too far and the referee sent me off. I took it badly and went to “confuse” the referee. I approached him and saw him fall to the ground. In no case did I hit him. Since yesterday (Saturday, editor’s note), it’s very weird to go through this and be accused of hitting a referee. For me, a referee is like a policeman, you don’t hit him and I know the penalties that can result. It would hurt me not to be able to play football for a long time because I love this sport, I have been playing it since I was five years old, it clears my head. »
The league informed the same evening
Antonio Teixeira, president of the Center-Val de Loire League, for his part, describes this gesture as “unacceptable”. He was informed the same evening by the delegate of the match. “He told me that a player had headbutted the referee. I myself explained that to the president of the regional arbitration commission who spoke with the referee. »
The league will not make any gifts
If the arbitrator lodges a complaint, the league indicates that it will file a civil action. “The league will not make any gifts, even if it means making an example of it. These gestures have nothing to do on sports fields. On the disciplinary side, when the facts are punishable by more than six months of suspension, the file is put under investigation in order to allow time to audition everyone, “continues Antonio Teixeira, assuring that it is a question of” of the first major disciplinary case with which we are confronted this season within the Ligue Center Val de Loire”.
