“I'm very disappointed with the referee's decision, it doesn't deserve a red.
He doesn't want to hurt Niang and he doesn't see it elsewhere.
If we can't jump to play a ball, what can we do? "
André Villas-Boas was up against Clément Turpin and the arbitration this Wednesday evening after the defeat of Olympique de Marseille on the lawn of Stade Rennais (2-1).
The Marseillais, who led in the score, had to play more than a half time at 10 against 11 following the expulsion of Pape Gueye after a second yellow card received for a presumably involuntary nudge against M'Baye Niang.
The Portuguese coach also took advantage of his platform to criticize the Ligue 1 refereeing body for more easily coming out of the sanctions against Olympian players: "I do not understand all these cards, there were only in one sense, Already in Nîmes the last time it happened like that with a first box for Amavi after thirty seconds, he explained in a press conference.
We are the hardest team in the Championship.
This is the case with me and it was already that without me, before. "
Pape Gueye's goal against Stade Rennais
Graphics to denounce decisions related to yellow cards
The training of the Canebière wanted to support his trainer with an unusual method.
No official press release, no declaration from its president Jacques-Henri Eyraud as in the past, she preferred to publish an article on its official website as well as a series of tweets in the form of graphics relating to several statistics around yellow cards : the percentage of faults sanctioned with a yellow card per team this season, the evolution of the percentage of faults sanctioned with a yellow card from OM over the last four years, the evolution of the number of yellow cards received per match of all Ligue 1 teams over the last four years, the evolution of the percentage of faults sanctioned with a yellow card for all Ligue 1 teams since the 2017-2018 season, and finally a graph on the yellow cards reported in the number of fouls over the last four seasons.
Details by season for all clubs pic.twitter.com/HJagqaAq2b
- Olympique de Marseille (OM_Officiel) December 17, 2020
If we stick to their numbers taken from
Opta
, Olympique de Marseille would be by far the team with the highest percentage of faults sanctioned by a yellow card this season, with 23.23%;
ahead of Olympique Lyonnais (17.14%), Lille (13.13%), then Montpellier (12.94%) and Rennes (12.68%).
The Marseille club have also seen a sharp increase in the number of yellow cards received per game since last season, with nearly 3.5 (3.23 according to
L'Équipe
) yellow cards per game in 2020-2021;
much more than the average which would be around 2 yellow cards per game.
Note that other formations, like Angers, Lyon or PSG have also experienced a nice increase this season according to the graphics.
The Team
half confirms the comments of Villas-Boas
In an article published this Friday,
L'Équipe
, with supporting statistics, sought to know whether André Villas-Boas was telling the truth when he said that OM were the most “hard” team.
According to its study, the Marseille club is the most sanctioned in terms of yellow cards (3.23 cj / match) this season;
but not at the level of the number of red cards per match (0.31, against 0.33 for PSG, OL, Montpellier and Reims).
The sports daily also specifies that OM is the team that has received more cards (yellow and red combined) since 2016-2017 (363 against 336 for Monaco and 324 for Toulouse);
but not the most penalized with regard to the cardboard / number of faults ratio since it occupies the 4th position on this statistic with a card obtained every 5.8 faults, behind Bastia (5), Nice (5.5) and Lens (5.7).
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But if Marseille is the most informed team this season (with one card every 4.2 faults), is it nevertheless disadvantaged by the refereeing at the level of yellow cards?
Impossible to know.
Many factors can explain numbers and it is difficult to find any rationality.
For example, it would be necessary to analyze all the faults whistled against OM but also against other clubs to check whether the decisions taken comply with the regulations and are homogeneous.
Except that the act of arbitrating means interpreting, and interpretation is inherently subjective.
Not everyone will therefore agree with the choices made.
One thing is certain, however: Olympique de Marseille will have the opportunity to see this weekend whether its unconventional method of putting pressure on the referee body will have the desired effect.
Answer, this Saturday from 7 p.m., facing the Stade de Reims.
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