Guilty of a dangerous gesture on the Mauritanian international Almike Moussa N’Diaye on January 7 during the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France against Hyères (2-0), the central defender of Olympique de Marseille, Éric Bailly, received a 7-game suspension on Thursday from the Disciplinary Committee of the French Football Federation.
The gesture of the Ivorian was not voluntary and many voices are raised to denounce the severity of this sanction. The latest: the Ivorian and OM legend, Didier Drogba, who came to the aid of his compatriot. “I find it very unfortunate the decision of the disciplinary committee to suspend Eric Bailly for 7 games for this dangerous gesture. Where others only got two games?!?! What are the explanations?! The gesture is indeed dangerous but the difference between the sanctions is still surprising, isn’t it?!?!?»denounced the ex-scorer on social networks, comparing in particular to the sanction recently imposed on the Tunisian Wahbi Khazri by the Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League, deemed less severe, for an act committed in Ligue 1.
Remember that the Elephant showed exemplary behavior after his fault. “He apologized 150 times, we felt the guy who was not well,” assured the president of Hyères, Mourad Boudjellal, on RMC. The player on loan from Manchester United then went to the hospital to visit his “victim”, placed as a precaution in the intensive care unit. Denouncing a disproportionate sanction, OM does not rule out appealing.
