Saturday night, OM provided the essential against Hyères (2-0) by qualifying for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. A laborious, but expected success against an opponent of N2. On the other hand, what was less so was the totally uncontrolled gesture ofEric Bailly on Moussa N’Diaye from the 15th minute of play, which earned him an indisputable direct red. When the score was 0-0, the Olympian central defender wanted to stop an opposing counter-attack by playing the ball, but his delay in the action earned him to wipe his crampons on the chest of the poor attacker who will not get up and will even end up in intensive care at the North Hospital, for fear of a pneumothorax, or even liver damage.
According to the scales, an “aggravated gross fault” can lead to four matches of firm suspension
Obviously, we do not imagine for a single second a desire to hurt on the part of Bailly, which is absolutely not the type. On the other hand, we can only deplore his lack of lucidity on this one, especially since there was absolutely no fire. And if the recovery of N’Diaye is obviously what concerns us today, we must also consider the consequences of the uncontrolled gesture of our central defender. His case will be quickly studied by the federal disciplinary commission. If we can already imagine seeing him miss the next two games against Troyes and Lorient, we can fear a heavier sanction. Indeed, according to the scales, an “aggravated gross fault” can lead to four matches of firm suspension, or even six if the affected player is awarded an ITT.
We were counting on his return to form to finally form this very high level hinge with, in particular, a huge Chancel Mbemba
When we know the importance of the Ivorian in the defensive system of Igor Tudor and we know especially how much OM rowed to recover a competitive Bailly, this new stop is very bad news. Because if we can say that missing Troyes and Lorient is not the sea to drink, what to think of the next match against Monaco, then that in Nantes? And in the worst case, we would also have to do without him against Nice and then Clermont. A disaster that would fall at the worst time, in a series of matches where OM will continue to scrap against Lens, Rennes or Monaco in the race for the podium. OM has made very great efforts to secure the services of one of the best centrals in Europe to achieve this new qualification in C1. For the moment, the repeated glitches suffered by Bailly have prevented him from putting his stone to the building, and we were counting precisely on his return to form to finally form this hinge of a very high level with, in particular, an enormous Chancell Mbemba. This fault, which is so avoidable, puts a new blow to it, and we can only pray that the disciplinary committee will be lenient. Which is not really his style when it comes to OM…
