Fonseca tried to confront the referee a second time and was restrained by a couple of Lyon players ... of criticism of refereeing in French soccer. “The club deplores that its coach was not ...

"A couple of years before the pandemic ... A handful of former PA West referees have become certified by FIFA, soccer's international governing body. Two of them recently worked the recent ...

PARIS (AP) — Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca has been banned from the touchline at games for nine months for aggressively confronting the referee at a French league game. Fonseca also is banned from the ...