The president of the MHSC saw red this weekend as his team suffered the law of Strasbourg (0-2). Explanations.
It was half an hour into the game of the championship match between Strasbourg and Montpellier, Sunday at La Meinau, that Laurent Nicollin was expelled, then forced to leave the Hérault bench that he used to occupy. on match days, like his father Louis – says Loulou – before him.
At the origin of this red card distributed by Stéphanie Frappart, a stroke of blood following an alleged fault by Dimitri Liénard on a Pailladin in the Alsatian area – fault not sanctioned with a penalty as claimed by the Montpellier staff. According to L’Equipe, the boss of the MHSC then would have had unhappy words with regard to the international referee.
« This red card follows a rude remark made by the manager, who is one of the few to sit on the sidelines in each match, against the referee of the match.can we read in the digital pages of the sports daily. […] The sanction, which will be communicated at the end of the disciplinary committee on Wednesday, will obviously depend on what he said to Ms. Frappart. »
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For insulting an official, according to the disciplinary code of the FFF, Laurent Nicollin faces up to eight suspension matches. The Disciplinary Committee will have to determine whether the president of the Montpellier club has been ” rude » or « offensive “, according to the following nuance: “ Rude is any remark, gesture and/or attitude contrary to propriety aimed at a person and/or his function. Any remark, gesture and/or attitude that seriously affects a person and/or his function is offensive. »
