Metz-Rennes referee Ruddy Buquet calls for Mikautadze’s red card to be withdrawn

According to our information, Ruddy Buquet, the referee in the Metz-Rennes match (2-3) last Saturday, requested in writing that the red card he inflicted on Georges Mikautadze, Lorraine’s centre-forward, be withdrawn. During the match he sent off the player who had not done much to deserve such a sanction. However, Buquet had reviewed the footage following VAR intervention but had confirmed his decision…

After some thought, he finally realized his mistake and asked to have the red card overturned. Meeting on Tuesday, the LFP disciplinary committee will obviously follow suit and lift this sanction.