The scene took place at half-time of the match between Aston Villa and Lille (2-1) as the two teams returned to the locker room. Tension rose between Paulo Fonseca and a man from the Aston Villa staff. They had to be separated. The Lille coach received a card shortly before, in added time of the first period and did not let up.
And for good reason, he did not stop remonstrating with the referee. “Now, is it possible to make mistakes inside the area?” he asked in a post-match press conference. “The whole match, on set pieces. These are not blocks, it's a fault. I want the referee to explain to me why this is possible. It is not possible. I can accept that it will be difficult for the referee to see. But we have VAR,” he continued.