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Paul Myers

French football chiefs to decide fate of Marseille boss over 'corruption' slur

Olympique Marseille president Pablo Longoria faces a French football league disciplinary panel over an outburst in which he called match officials corrupt. © Daniel Cole/AP

Olympique Marseille supremo Pablo Longoria will appear before a French football league disciplinary panel on Wednesday facing a possible 12-game ban for attacking the officiating during Marseille's 3-0 loss at Auxerre on Saturday.

Longoria railed at the performance of referee Jérémy Stinat who rejected Marseille appeals for a penalty and dismissed Marseille defender Derek Cornelius for two bookable offences.

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