Mikaël Lesage finds himself once again under fire from critics. Pointed out during Nantes – PSG (3-1), on February 19, in particular by Marco Verratti, but also by Leonardo and Neymar, he had also, a month earlier, suffered the wrath of Kylian Mbappé who was taken from him after receiving a yellow card against Brest (2-0 victory for the Parisians).
This week, the Norman referee is again pinned and deemed responsible for the cancellation of the Lyon goal by Lucas Paqueta against Lille (1-0 for the Northerners), Sunday, however valid and validated beforehand by the main referee Clément Turpin. Pascal Garibian, the boss of the referees having himself recognized that the final decision was not the right one.
In a lot of bad shots…
“It’s a casting error, it seems to me, we don’t hand over a referee who is going through a complicated period in an important 9 p.m. match,” commented Tony Chapron, the former international referee, on Canal +. For him, Mikaël Lesage made a mistake. While he had immediately validated the goal, Clément Turpin was indeed ordered to review the images by the video assistance led by his colleague. “I don’t understand why he was sent to see the images”, declared Tony Chapron, who makes Mikaël Lesage responsible for the sequel, because “it was he who chose the images”.
For Chapron, either Lesage oriented Turpin, or he did not have time to offer him another angle, “which is possible because the decision was made very quickly”. Tony Chapron does not give much of the skin of his former colleague: “I will give you a small indication but I would be very surprised if Mikaël Lesage is still in Ligue 1 next year. »
A new stone in the garden of a referee who seems to crystallize discontent. Thus, Marco Verratti had lost his temper, after Nantes – PSG, and will appear before the disciplinary committee this Wednesday, March 2. “How is it possible that we take ten yellow cards (6 actually) and we can’t talk to the referee? We can’t do anything, he said. It’s the only game and the only referee in the world with whom we couldn’t do it. There is a penalty and he (Appiah) takes yellow when it was red… The referees have to take their responsibilities. There, we got pissed off (sic) by the referees! »
A month earlier, Kylian Mbappé lost his temper after a yellow card taken against Brest during a match refereed by Mickaël Lesage. “How can you take a yolk? You don’t even know how to referee here! Always the same in this league, it’s always the same here, ”launched the player when he left the field.