Ligue 1: “Happy with the performance” of his team… despite the defeat, Fonseca blames the referee for the first goal

Paulo Fonseca (coach of Lille, beaten 1-2 at home by Reims): “I am happy with the performance. It’s true that the first fifteen minutes were difficult, we made two mistakes which changed the match. Maybe this is the first time I’m talking about the referee, but on the first goal, there are two fouls, on Lucas (Chevalier) and Sam (Umtiti), maybe the referee can’t can’t see it, but with VAR, it’s clear. I think my team had a good match.

(Yusuf Yazici’s injury) I think it’s a sprain. (tactical battle won by Reims?) No, I don’t agree. Reims scores from a corner and a counter-attack, we almost completely dominated the match. Reims almost only defended after the second goal.”