Eric Bailly took a lot of money. Expelled on January 7 during the 32nd final of the Coupe de France won by Olympic Marseille against fans of Hyères (2-0), the Ivorian central defender was suspended for seven games by the Disciplinary Committee of the French Football Federation. A sentence that knocked out Croatian coach Igor Tudor,very surprised by this sanction. In the wake of the words of his coach, the Bouches-du-Rhône club reacted through a press release, published Thursday on its website. Olympique de Marseille says it is ready to appeal.

Leaks in the press criticized

“Olympique de Marseille takes note of the decision of the Federal Disciplinary Commission of the French Football Federation concerning the suspension of its defender Eric Bailly. The club reserves the right to appeal. Above all, OM wishes a speedy recovery to Moussa N'Diaye, midfielder of Hyères 83 FC, whom the club and Eric Bailly have been supporting since his injury. However, Olympique de Marseille regrets that the confidentiality of this disciplinary decision was not respected before it was notified to them. Also and above all, Olympique de Marseille notes the difference in the application of the reference penalty scale by the disciplinary committees of the FFF and the LFP, while these two bodies have an impact on the same competition, in occurrence of Ligue 1. Olympique de Marseille is firmly convinced that a standardization of the sanction criteria impacting the same competition is necessary to guarantee sporting fairness. The club is at the disposal of the authorities to share its position and contribute to the development of French football.