This weekend again, PSG complained about the referees. A strategy which becomes repetitive and which testifies to an increasingly intense annoyance internally.
“Just, I want to add something. How was it possible to take ten yellow cards and not be able to speak to the referee. We want to have explanations and it’s always, we can’t talk to the referee, we can’t talk to the referee, it’s the only match, the only referee where things happen like that. We take ten yellow cards, there it is a penalty, it is also a yellow card. At some point, the referees also have to take their responsibilities because I think that there we got shit on it with the referees…”. After the Parisian defeat, Marco Verratti let it be known that he was particularly annoyed by the arbitration of Mikael Lesage.
At the same time, in the mixed zone, Leonardo made similar comments: “He didn’t even whistle the foul on Kylian. He put Appiah red and said the VAR wasn’t working and then it worked again. The penalty on Kylian is Appiah and there is no second yellow”. As you will have understood, on the side of Paris, we have it very bad with arbitration, and it does not date from this duel against the Canaries.
Several reasons to be annoyed
This Monday, the daily The Parisian reveals the reasons for this anger. What irritates the Parisians, in addition to decisions considered dubious, is in particular not being able to discuss with the referee. A too authoritarian attitude of the arbitration therefore, and men with the whistle who refuse to discuss with the Parisians. There is also a certain nervousness due to the lack of protection for star players, who can be mowed down without too much risk of punishment by rival players.
Enough to arouse a certain fed up in the Parisian ranks, while the newspaper recalls certain events which occurred earlier in the season, like the way in which Mbappé got carried away against Lesage already there a month ago: “You don’t even know how to referee here! Always the same in this league! ». The dailyTeam told him that at the end of November, PSG had written to Pascal Garibian (technical director of arbitration), and if the latter had opened the door to a meeting between the two parties, it still has not happened… to say that Leonardo and his men will not let anything go to the referee in the next matches…
