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RARE PHOTOS: Marseille supremo longoria banned for 15 games over corruption slur - The Real Truth

A French football league disciplinary panel suspended the Olympique Marseille president Pablo Longoria for 15 games for his comments about the referees during his club's Ligue 1 match at Auxerre. AP - Daniel Cole

Olympique Marseille's president Pablo Longoria will miss his club's push for next season's Champions League after he was handed a 15-match ban for unleashing a post-match tirade in which he called the officiating referee 'corrupt' and demeaning the status of France's top division.

Longoria launched his rant against the referee Jérémy Stinat after Marseille lost 3-0 to Auxerre on Saturday night at the Stade Abbé-Deschamps.

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