French referee says 'I feared for my life' after he was threatened and held CAPTIVE by two players after taking charge of an Under-17s match

A young French referee admitted 'I feared for my life' aft being threatened and held captive successful his locker country by players unhappy with his officiating. 

Simon, 19, who took complaint of the under-17 lucifer betwixt Chaville and Boulogne-Billancourt connected Sunday, filed a ailment with French constabulary successful which helium claimed his attackers violently pushed him and prevented him from leaving the dressing room. 

According to the official, 2 Boulogne-Billancourt players entered his locker country with their faces covered aft disagreeing with the calls helium made passim the match. In his account, helium besides alleges that 3 different radical attempted to movie the incident. 

'I suspected that if they had their faces hidden, if they started to beryllium convulsive with maine and if they wanted to fastener maine successful my locker country with them inside, it wasn't to sermon it,' the amateur authoritative told French outlet Le Parisien.

'They intelligibly wanted to bushed maine up. At that moment, I was acrophobic for my life.'

Simon describes however helium capitalised connected a model of inattention from his attackers and recovered refuge successful a retention country wherever a steward and 2 players were washing kits. There, helium called the constabulary who arrested 2 minors. 

According to the outlet, they were released an hr later, with the probe inactive ongoing. 

In a statement, Boulogne-Billancourt denounced 'all forms of violence' and confirmed that they person suspended the players progressive successful the incident.

'These intolerable acts bash not astatine each correspond to the club's values,' nine president  Ludovic Fortes said. 'We person suspended the players concerned; a constabulary probe is underway, and if these acts are proven, they volition beryllium expelled. 

'The ACBB absorption volition permission nary country for unit and disrespect wrong the club.'

Simon added: 'I'm going to inquire the League to forestall these players from ever mounting ft connected a shot transportation again, due to the fact that this behavior, adjacent astatine 17 years old, is unacceptable. 

'It besides needs to marque the French Football Federation react, and for things to beryllium enactment successful place. Every play and each year, we spot an expanding fig of assaults. And I archer myself that if I hadn't tally away, I could person died successful that locker room.'