A gross mistake that is very expensive.
OM defender Eric Bailly, expelled on January 7 in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France against Hyères, has been suspended for seven games by the disciplinary committee of the French football federation, sources have learned from AFP. having knowledge of the file, confirming information from the daily La Provence.
Eric Bailly will miss another 5 games with @OM_Officiel ❌https://t.co/Xjm6lqPCzA
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The commission therefore decided to take its time to apply the sanction which seemed to it the most appropriate after the gesture of the Ivorian International.
The latter was excluded at the quarter of an hour against the fans of Hyères (N2) after a huge foul on the Var midfielder Almike Moussa N'Diaye, whom he struck with his foot in the chest.
Evacuated on a stretcher, the Hyérois had to be hospitalized and briefly went through the intensive care unit of the Hôpital Nord de Marseille.
OM finally won 2-0.
A sentence that the coach of the former Manchester United player recognizes with fatalism: "It's a little exaggerated, but it's the decision that was made, we have to accept it, commented Igor Tudor.
We have the resources to replace him, after tomorrow's game we will have more than four games without him.
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Bailly has already served two of these seven suspension games, against Troyes (2-0) and Lorient (3-1) in the league.
He will also miss the round of 16 of the Coupe de France scheduled for this Friday against Rennes as well as the L1 matches against Monaco, Nantes and Nice.
His last suspension match will be either a possible round of 16 of the Coupe de France on February 8, or the league match against Clermont on February 12.