Suspended by the disciplinary committee for his remarks towards arbitration, Pablo Longoria is much better than Paulo Fonseca. This is the opinion of Antoine Kombouaré, who dropped about the president of OM.
Solidarity between coaches. Questioned this Friday at a press conference, Antoine Kombouaré defended Paulo Fonseca, sanctioned this week by the LFP disciplinary committee.
Seven months of suspension, the Nantes coach finds that
“It’s very heavy”Even if Fonseca did something“Inadmissible” By threatening referee Benoît Millot Front against Front. Where Kombouaré finds that it goes too far, it is on the fact that the sanction of the Lyon coach also deprives him of access to the locker room and the stands.
“So far, when we were suspended, we could come before the matches, we could come at halftime, we could, even while being up there in the stands, provide instructions. There he has the right to do anything. I find that, it is a severe sanction. I find that when you are coach, it’s very disabling, estimates the kanak,
in words reported by Ouest-France. He deserves to be sanctioned heavily. But there, on the other hand, they just prevent him from working. And it can be serious for the future, compared to his contract. »»
Longoria in Champagne in the stands?
In comparison, the five months of suspension inflicted on Pablo Longoria are much less disabling for the Marseille president. “Me, it made me laugh when I saw the sanction of Longoria,” A chained Kombouaré. But I said to myself, yes, he will just be embarrassed Longoria because he will not be able to drink champagne in the locker room. He will have to drink the champagne cup up there, in the gallery. But if not, it is not penalized at all. »»
And Antoine Kombouaré to conclude by delivering the bottom of his thought on the disciplinary committee: “For me, she’s next to the plate. It must be said the words. »»