Before the trip of “his” Olympique de Marseille on Saturday evening to the Angers pitch (9:05 p.m.), the Italian coach took a position on the subject of the orange card.
Roberto De Zerbi has decided. Present at a press conference on Friday, the OM coach spoke to journalists and notably gave his point of view on the orange card, a former proposal from the late Rolland Courbis, today supported by many coaches.
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“I read the response of Luis Enrique yes I agree about the show. Nobody wants violent play but you have to have played to know if a contact is violent. Harit last year against PSG, we have the impression that it was violent, but in fact it wasn’t. And you have to have played to know that. Vermeeren’s red isn’t violent either. Afterwards we must preserve the health of the players but an expulsion in the 10th minute, for us as for the opponent, the match is already almost over.
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There are a number of matches overturned due to an incredible red. Better an orange card. I am against the death penalty, there needs to be a penalty but we must not kill the match… If it happens in the Champions League final or in the Coupe de France final after a long journey, you destroy a season for one action… When it is not violent. Even when it’s in our favor, it annoys me to see this kind of thing.” declared the Transalpine.
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An outing which joins that of his Lyon counterpart, Paulo Fonseca, also on Friday at a press conference: “Today, there are a lot of red cards in our championship, sometimes in borderline situations. We must do everything to play 11 against 11. The criteria for red cards are not clear for the players or for the coaches. We would have to think with the referees, coaches and players to better understand the rules, as with Morton’s red card in Rennes, which was not a dangerous situation.
