Opposed to Angers this Saturday at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, LOSC opened the scoring thanks to a goal from Tiago Djalo. But offside positions of several Lille players sowed doubt and provoked protests from Angevins.
“The Angevins are not varnished at the moment with the VAR”, smiles Coach Courbis. As against PSG and last week against Nice, the SCO was once again penalized by a contentious decision after appeal by video assistance. This Saturday, it was against Lille.
We play the 27th minute of this match of the 13th day of Ligue 1 at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium when at 0-0, Renato Sanches, off-center on the right side, takes a free kick in the Angevin penalty area. Tiago Djalo, strangely alone, catapults the ball into the net. The LOSC opens the scoring but it will take several minutes and the intervention of the VAR for the goal to be validated.
Courbis: “This VAR should help the referees but not decide for them”
Was the Lille defender offside? The answer is no because Djalo comes from behind when Renato Sanches touches the ball. Problem, at this moment, Burak Yilmaz is quite clearly. And it seems that Benjamin André is also in an offside position. But the two Mastiffs are in front of Djalo, on the path of the ball.
Did the referee consider that these were two non-liabilities? It’s possible. In any case the goal was validated without removing doubts, especially on the side of Angevins who, like Romain Thomas, protested at length to referee François Letexier. “This VAR must help the referees but not decide for them, believes Coach Courbis. It is the eternal problem that I will always fight.” Asked at the break by Prime Video, Thomas Mangani did not want to add: “It’s always frustrating to take a goal from a set piece,” soberly commented the SCO midfielder.
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