The head of French referees Stéphane Lannoy has been sacked by the French Soccer Federation (FFF) alongside along with his VAR counterpart Sébastien Moreira, in line with L’Équipe.
French refereeing has been beneath the highlight for the reason that begin of the second half of the season, with head {of professional} refereeing Lannoy not seeing eye to eye with the refereeing technical director (DTA: Directeur Approach de l’Arbitrage) Antony Gautier and topic to criticism from plenty of referees sad along with his participation in plenty of coaching programs.
Sure referees have additionally judged Lannoy to be too near presidents of sure golf equipment, in addition to technical errors on his watch, particularly with regards to the utilisation of VAR.
Gautier will take over as head of referees on an interim foundation till the top of the season, with an additional overview anticipated over the summer season as there are not any apparent candidates for the function presently.
GFFN | Jack McArdle