0-0 away at nine against eleven against an opponent candidate for the rise in the elite… After the first match of the season of L 2 in Sochaux, Thierry Laurey could have breathed.
But the PFC coach was not angry with the attitude of his players, especially that of Julien Lopez, expelled at the very end of the meeting for protest when he already had a yellow card.
To the point of going into a rage on the edge of the sidelines and pushing his attacking midfielder squarely with both hands towards the locker room at the exit of the field.
Surprised and quite angry, Lopez then grabbed a bottle of water, which he ended up throwing… on the ground.
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“I can only be annoyed, explains the Parisian coach.
He has to talk all the time… What do you want to do?
We don't need to meet at 9, we can try at 8 maybe?
It's 5 minutes… If you're not professional, you have to stay at home.
The cardboard of Mandouki I can tolerate, it's awkward it can happen.
I have nothing against Julien, I've been telling him for a year, it was hanging in his face, he was caught by the patrol, too bad for him.
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Maxime Lopez defends his brother
The Laurey/Lopez altercation quickly made the rounds of the web and sparked the reaction of a certain… Maxime Lopez, the younger brother of Julien, a former OM player who currently plays in Sassuolo.
“In 2022, is it normal for a coach to push his player like that?
“posted the former OM midfielder…