Ivory Coast’s Eric Bailly suspended for seven games

Ivory Coast international OM Eric Bailly was left out of the Coupe de France against Hyères in early January, but was given a seven-match suspension by the French Football Federation’s Disciplinary Commission.

Bailly has already served two of those seven suspensions against Troyes and Lorient in the league. He will also miss Friday’s 16th Coupe de France final against Rennes and the Ligue 1 games against Monaco, Nantes and Nice.

The last match of his suspension will be either the 1/8 final of the Coupe de France on 8 February, or the league match against Clermont on 12 February.

Bailly was sent off after being hit in the chest by Vahr midfielder Armique Musa Endiae after a quarter of an hour with fans at Hyeres (N2).

Ndiaye, who was evacuated on a stretcher, was forced to be hospitalized and briefly passed through the intensive care unit of the Marseille Nord Hospital. OM defeated Francis in Martigues in this match, which was played at his Turcan stadium, in the end he won 2-0.

In addition to the possibility of appeal, the OM said in a press release issued Thursday night that “the difference in the application of the referential penalty scale by the FFF and LFP disciplinary committees is that these two bodies have the same impact on the competition.” “There are.” , in this case League Anne.

“Olympique de Marseille is firmly convinced that standardization of sanctions standards affecting the same competition is necessary to ensure fairness in sport,” the club added.

At a press conference not long ago, Marseille coach Igor Tudor judged the sanctions to be “a bit overstated”. , he has already served two games, and tomorrow will already be his third,” he said.

Marseille defender Leonardo Valerdi said: “I know how Eric is doing and he didn’t mean to get hurt. Most importantly, my colleague at Hyeres is fine and out of the hospital.”

OM were also fined €10,000 for firing a large number of smoke grenades during the same match against Hyeres, and the match was suspended as the visitors’ area outside the French Cup was closed.