{"id":28149,"date":"2025-03-05T19:24:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=28149"},"modified":"2025-03-25T03:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T02:30:07","slug":"lyon-coach-fonseca-risks-ban-for-confronting-referee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/lyon-coach-fonseca-risks-ban-for-confronting-referee\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon Coach Fonseca Risks Ban for Confronting Referee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca could face a suspension of up to seven months for aggressively confronting referee Beno\u00eet Millot during his team\u2019s win against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/brest\/Cr4VGaUl\/\">Brest<\/a> last Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The altercation occurred after a penalty review that ultimately did not favor Brest and Fonseca lashed out at the referee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The refereee responded by issuing a straight red card to Fonseca for what Millot described as an &#8220;intimidating attitude&#8221;.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe jumped at me with an intimidating attitude, and I decided to send him off directly. It continued to spiral out of control,&#8221; Millot told French sports daily <em>L&#8217;Equipe<\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He had an even more intense attitude, attempting to deliver a blow, in fact. A headbutt. I didn&#8217;t even have time to announce the final decision, which turned out to be not awarding a penalty.<br>\n<br> There seemed to be a slight contact of the nose, to be precise.<br>\n<br>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca could face a suspension of up to seven months for aggressively confronting referee Beno\u00eet Millot during his team\u2019s 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 &#8220;intimidating attitude&#8221;. \u201cHe jumped at me with an intimidating attitude, and I decided to send him off directly. It continued to spiral out of control,&#8221; Millot told French sports daily L&#8217;Equipe on Monday. &#8220;He had an even more intense attitude, attempting to deliver a blow, in fact. A headbutt. I didn&#8217;t even have time to announce the final decision, which turned out to be not awarding a penalty. 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