AS Saint-Etienne lost heavily (3-1) against Reims this Saturday as part of the 19th day of Ligue 1. Present at a press conference after the meeting, Claude Puel was very upset against arbitration .
“I am angry with all these gambling facts which have been systematically contrary. I’m not used to talking about refereeing but now I don’t understand. On the penalty for Reims, Mathieu (Debuchy) cannot avoid it unless he cuts his arm. On the free kick whistled before the third goal in Reims, Mathieu (Debuchy) takes an elbow in the mouth, he is bleeding and the referee could have returned to the images. We also have a chance by Mathieu (Debuchy) who could have equalized but who is unbalanced in the box. There are a lot of gambling facts that I don’t accept. The facts of the game distorted the game and despite all these uncertainties, my players did not go wrong. We have situations to come back to the score but when the opponent leads on a fact of play, it strengthens him in his position, his low block, his game based on counter-attacks. We had a big burst of energy but we are not rewarded“declared the Stéphanois coach.