At the whistle during Manchester United-Real Sociedad, Benoît Bastien whistled four penalties during the meeting. But the last one was wrong, and the French referee was even warned by the player on whom the supposed fault was committed.
Week in charge for French referees in the European Cup. François Letexier was released in the Champions League for Barcelona-Benfica on Tuesday evening while Clément Turpin, three days before PSG-OM, directed the beautiful poster of the Europa League between Athletic Bilbao and AS Roma,
where he released an early red card.
Benoît Bastien was in Old Trafford for Manchester United-Real Sociedad. And he was not idle, whistling no less than four penalties (!) During the meeting. The first allowed Mikel Oyarzabal to open the scoring for the Basques. The following two were transformed by Bruno Fernandes for the Red Devils.
Mr. Bastien warned of his error
What about the fourth then? He made a lot of talk. Benoît Bastien decided to sanction a tackle of Hamari Traoré on Patrick Dorgu in the surface. Immediately, the former Rennais went to see the French referee to tell him that there was no fault in his eyes. And in the process, Dorgu himself warned Mr. Bastien that he was wrong.
It is a gesture of class and fair play on the part of the Danish side, because at that time Manchester United had only one goal in advance on the whole of the two games. After a small control with the Var, compulsory given the situation, Mr. Bastien logically canceled this penalty.
The football gods then rewarded Manchester United. A minute after resumption of the game, Bruno Fernandes scored his third goal of the evening to seal
The qualification of Red Devils, future opponents of Olympique Lyonnais.
