Jean-Pierre Rivère did not mince his words after Lyon-Nice. Frédéric Chambert / Frederic Chambert / Panoramic
The president of the Gym only moderately appreciated Mr. Turpin’s refereeing on Friday, during his team’s defeat in Lyon (1-0).
Jean-Pierre Rivère (president of Nice, after the 1-0 defeat at Lyon ) : “I’m not used to expressing myself, especially at the end of a match, and particularly about the refereeing body. But here, sincerely, it is no longer possible. It accumulates, the matches accumulate and there are systematically fouls which are not called. Last weekend, Mr. Turpin was at the Var, the field referee did not whistle anything about the foul, Mr. Turpin asked for the red card anyway. OK, it still changes when you play 10 against 11…
Tonight, I don’t understand. I watch the replays, no matter how much I watch, for me, there are at least two penalties. The nudge already. For the hand, he (the referee) explains to Florent Ghisolfi (Nice assistant) at half-time that this is the regulation but that he has a little doubt. OK, rules, let’s put this situation aside. There is the elbow in the middle of the surface and there, he whistles the opposite foul on (Jordan) Lotomba. I look at the images but at some point, Mr. Turpin must question himself.” (on Amazon Prime Video)
