‘It’s a sh*t league’ – Marseille’s Pablo Longoria threatens Super League move in sensational outburst at Ligue 1 refereeing | OneFootball

Olympique de Marseille weren’t up to it on the pitch against AJ Auxerre last night (3-0), but a wave of indignation from the Phocéen club has come after Derek Cornelius was handed a second yellow and Marseille played with ten men after going 1-0 down in the first half. Referee Jérémy Stinat was already the subject of questioning before the game from the OM hierarchy after a complaint was sent to the referee arbitration board regarding Stinat’s involvement in the three-month suspension of football director Medhi Benatia following the club’s Coupe de France exit in January. The paranoia and siege mentality at the club has been rising this season ever since.According to a report from La Provence, Marseille president Pablo Longoria ‘flew into a rage’ post-match in the bowels of the Stade Abbé-Deschamps in front of a dozen journalists. “This is corruption! I’ve never seen anything like it. You can write it down: Pablo Longoria says it’s corruption,” Longoria reportedly shouted. “Everything has been organised since the third yellow given to Balerdi (suspended this Saturday against Auxerre). It’s planned, it’s rigged. There’s a penalty on Merlin, four European referees have told me so by message, and the most scandalous thing is the red card to Cornelius.”Longoria went even further, in the presence of Benatia, the OM comms department, and other members of staff. “This is a shitty championship, If the Super League comes to see us, we’ll go right away.”GFFN | George Boxall