The day after the defeat (1-0) against Angers, supporters of FC Metz obviously had fun modifying the Wikipedia page of the referee of the match, Johan Hamel. On the page of the participatory encyclopedia, we could read this Thursday morning: “Does not like FC Metz, in each of the meetings that he referees, he does not hesitate to humiliate them”. Or : “his statistics do not lie, his favorite pastime is to whistle penalties against FC Metz, while forgetting to whistle for them on purpose”.
Since 2017, and a disputed penalty in Nantes, this referee has been in the sights of Metz supporters. He also whistled 4 penalties against Metz during the last 6 meetings with the club at the cross of Lorraine that he refereed. For the anecdote, in league 2 two seasons ago, he had signed a penalty for Metz, in Ligue 2, against Paris FC.