Nantes were reduced to 10 men
Ref kicks out at player
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Well the referee match report would certainly make an interesting reading.
Bet he gets away with it cause he's a ref.
You think a ref kicking out at a player and then sending him off when the player complains is a nothing incident?
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That ref should be sent packing, never to officiate a game again. I can get that he kicked out in anger (length ban just for this anyway), but to then also send the player off because he lost his temper is just a joke.
Can't see how he can ever referee a top level game again, interesting to see what the league does.
I can't see them replaying it as the incident was in injury time and PSG were already ahead.
I can't see them replaying it as the incident was in injury time and PSG were already ahead.
Why are refs always such cnuts?
Shall we ask Conte?
Tony Chapron...kinell I knew that bald cnut had issues but never something like that. This is a good opportunity to get rid of this fecking prick once and for all 
Doesn't Ranieri manage Nantes now? What was the result of the game?
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Just seen this in the PSG game. WTF from the ref
The trip by the player was accidental.
I think he means the initial trip, which was an accident, not the afters.
The ref says he slipped
He gave the 2nd yellow because the Nantes player complained about the kick.
We'll see if the referee can be held accountable. It's supposed to be his last year, it may be time for an early retirement.
I guess we need to bump that thread about getting foreign refs for the PL.. One consistent thing about all leagues is that the refs are shit..
He can't, with any credibility, deny what he did, however to dock the man his income (seasonal bonuses or whatever) based on one incident that, yes, should see him suspended for a few games, would be draconian. They aren't prima donna players that don't even blink when being docked 1/10 or 1/100 of a week's wages. If it's his last season then gardening leave (full pay and bonuses) would maybe be appropriate, not this 'off with his head' bollocks some reactionary people seem to want.
One consistent thing about all refs is that they can't be expected to see everything that goes on and certainly not with the benefit of multiple replays and camera angles that we have. Linesmen missing obvious offsides, or ruling offside when clearly onside, rile me more. VAR can't come fast enough in this day of ultra-fast football and cheating players.
I guess we need to bump that thread about getting foreign refs for the PL.. One consistent thing about all leagues is that the refs are shit..
VAR: Referee we have an incident involving player #X from Nantes and uh you. Inadvertent trip and revenge foul kicking. You might wanna have another look.
He's taking the 'kicking out' campaign to a new level.
It took me way too much time to see Evra.
Ah ok , yeah that makes sense.
We have had several referees demoted to the third and fourth divisions, so it's not a given.
It's the refs fault for changing direction like that in the first place and he follows it up with a kick and a second yellow
Absolutely. A couple of children acting like fools.
A job that combines the requirement of being a rule stickler with being the superior executive and judiciary power on the field. Yeah, baffling why so many narcissistic dickheads are drawn to it.
Sums up football and its fans.
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Good to see they already banned him:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42688079
Should never be allowed to ref at any professional level again.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42688079
Should never be allowed to ref at any professional level again.
Suspended not banned.
This is his last season as a pro referee. I doubt he'd care much
At least he will live on in infamy. I wonder if he's going to stick to his "I slipped" defense. "It was an accident. You know, like when Cantona slipped into that fan."
Unsure how the player was acting like a fool here.
What did the player do ? You wouldn't ask a question to the ref if he tried to kick you ?
To all those who want to ban him for life: I don't think an - albeit monumentally stupid - error induced by a heated moment (in this case, the referee felt he was being attacked) should ever have such drastic consequences to someone's life. Suspend him for 3 weeks, make him apologise. That should be enough.
That's just Cafe's trademark. Harshest punishment available!
Death penalty, by avada kedavra!
Ref apologises and says it was "an accident"
The problem is he's lost any legitimacy he had. Referees, as avatars of justice on a football pitch should absolutely be held to higher standards than the average.
Never having kicked a player during his officiating looks like a reasonable prerequisite for refereeing a first division football game.
He's retriring next season anyway.
I literally can't recall seeing something like that on this level, so I don't think it can be excused as an error which just happens.
Clattenburg will be sad, he never did this
It's more the red I have a problem with than the kick. The kick is a momentary lapse. The red is cheating to try and hide what he's done