Olympique de Marseille unhappy with the choice of referee for the return against Villarreal, OM writes to UEFA. The Marseillais criticize the European body for having designated the Romanian Istvan Kovacs.
This same referee then officiated during the first leg confrontation in Greece (1-0) against Panathinaikos last August. OM considered a one-sided arbitration, with a severe red card against Geoffrey Kondogbia and a doubtless forgotten penalty on François Mughe.