Dimitri Payet had given hope, finally vain, to Olympique de Marseille by scoring at the end of the match (88th) Saturday in Lens (2-1), twelve minutes after entering the game. But the 36-year-old Marseille veteran may not have other opportunities to play the "supersubs" this season, in the fight for the reconquest of the second place in Ligue 1 recovered by the artesian club. The former international should be punished by the LFP disciplinary commission for slapping Yannick Cahuzac, the former midfielder now assistant coach of Racing.
This altercation, spotted by a Prime Video camera, took place in the first half, at the heart of a scuffle triggered after the Lensois defender Facundo Medina sent a ball to the OM bench. Despite the protests of Franck Haise, the referee Clément Turpin did not sanction Payet.
The Anthony Lopes case law
But he gave a yellow card to Medina and sent off Cahuzac and Gilles Marambaud, the Phocaean physical trainer. Payet risks a big penalty, as indicated by L'Equipe, which recalls the Anthony Lopes jurisprudence.
During an OM – OL match on March 18, 2018, Lopes slapped Oualid Baaloul, the Marseille steward, and ended up with a five-game suspension. As a reminder, there are only four days of Ligue 1 to play between now and the end of the season.
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