Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca could face a suspension of up to seven months for aggressively confronting referee Benoît Millot during his team’s win against Brest last Sunday. The altercation occurred after a penalty review that ultimately did not favor Brest and Fonseca lashed out at the referee. The refereee responded by issuing a straight red card to Fonseca for what Millot described as an “intimidating attitude”. “He jumped at me with an intimidating attitude, and I decided to send him off directly. It continued to spiral out of control,” Millot told French sports daily L’Equipe on Monday. “He had an even more intense attitude, attempting to deliver a blow, in fact. A headbutt. I didn’t even have time to announce the final decision, which turned out to be not awarding a penalty. There seemed to be a slight contact of the nose, to be precise. “

Lionel Messi has revealed that his move to MLS Inter Miami was influenced by the challenges he faced in PSG, describing it as a time he “didn’t enjoy”. The 37 year old who won two LIGUE 1 titles, and the French super cup in 2022 during his two year run at the Parisian club, left the club in 2023. “Signing for Inter (Miami) was an opportunity because of the way things went in my last years in Paris,” the eight-times Ballon d’Or winner said in an Apple Music interview on Friday. “It was a decision I had to make because I had to leave Barcelona and I spent two years that I didn’t enjoy. “I wasn’t happy on a day-to-day basis, with the training sessions, the games, I found it hard to adapt to all that,” Lionel Messi added.