The championship match between Toulouse FC and Le Havre AC gave rise to a deplorable scene according to Normandy coach Didier Digard.
Didier Digard is an angry man. This Sunday in Toulouse, his Hacmen were able to hold TFC in check in a match of
the 11the Ligue 1 day penalized with a goalless draw. But the Le Havre coach didn’t have the heart to talk about football after the match.
“ I don’t want to talk about football, it’s not the center of my life. I am a human being above all. What I saw today is intolerable », reacted hotly on the Ligue 1+ antenna, the Normandy technician. At the origin of this rant. The alleged racist gesture of Toulouse’s Aron Dönnum against Le Havre’s Simon Ebonog.
In added time, at the end of a duel between the two men, the Norwegian waved his hand in front of his nose to tell his counterpart that he smelled bad. “ If we say it’s not racism, what is it? Is this just telling my player he stinks? Can we say things like that when we’re just here to play football? », indignant Didier Digard.
“The problem of society in France”
“ It shows the problem of society in France, continues the former midfielder turned coach. Nobody hears me once about the mistakes and there, on something this serious, to protect themselves, they give me a yellow card. » Mr. Stinat, the referee of the match, having given him a warning while he reported to the official what he had seen on the field. “ I am told that I was vehement? I simply said: “What you are allowing to happen on a football field is very serious”. I said nothing else and took a yellow. It’s very seriousconcludes Didier Digard. This concerns the human being, it is not sport. »
Asked behind the scenes of the Stadium after the remarks made by the opposing coach, Aron Dönnum replied, relayed here by L’Equipe: “ It’s crazy to say that. I think they want to come to me and fight. The first thing I feel is his breathing. I do it like this (he mimes a hand gesture in front of his nose) because it smells bad. It has nothing to do with racism. I don’t understand why they say that. (…) This isn’t the first time I’ve done this. I’ve done it before. My partners have already done it too. It’s very uncomfortable to have to explain this, I don’t know what to say, I feel sad. »
