Well known to the Girondin ultras, the Bordeaux supporter suspected of having attacked the Ruthenian player Lucas Buades on Friday June 2, is also a local figure in Annecy where he runs a restaurant. He was brought before the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office this Sunday evening and will be tried at the end of November.
Its profile is atypical for an ultra. Business manager, former director of a business school, a 45-year-old Anne from France will appear in court for assaulting Rodez striker Lucas Buades during the match against Bordeaux this Friday, June 2.
“When he saw the player expressing his joy at the edge of the field, he says he had the feeling that he came to taunt the Bordeaux supporters“, explained Olivier Etienne, deputy public prosecutor of Bordeaux, to France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The Girondin supporter, used to matches at Matmut Atlantique, entered the field, jostling the Ruthénois who collapsed at the floor.
An emergency doctor issued a certificate confirming the player’s concussion. The meeting was interrupted in the 22nd minute when Rodez led the score (0-1), casting uncertainty over the fate of several clubs pending the final classification of Ligue 2.
An act with serious consequences, especially for FC Annecy which risks relegation to National, for which the Bordeaux supporter is still heard in police custody. The forties is well known within the Ultramarines. Former head of the group of ultras, he is at the head of his Haute-Savoie section, his department of residence.
“After this terrible sporting blow, we helped turn this evening into a nightmare”recognize the Ultramarines in a press release published on Saturday, condemning the gesture committed by one of their “comrade(s)” on Lucas Buades.
This “emeritus member of the Virage Sud for 30 years” who came from Annecy to attend the match is, according to the group, “known for his calm and moderation”. “Passion has taken over reason”, they regret. Because the Haut-Savoyard is a figure of Bordeaux supporters. He is involved in numerous podcasts and regularly publishes tickets on a supporters’ site.
But in the Annecy region, he is best known for being the manager of a restaurant in the old town and a hotel not far from there. Before embarking on the restaurant business, he was director of a business and management school. A profile that contrasts with the image of the supporter invading the field.
At the Union sportive d’Argonay (Haute-Savoie), a football club of which he was president ten years ago, no one wanted to mention the profile of this father who is exposed today to heavy condemnation today. During his hearing by the Bordeaux police, the forties, hitherto unknown to justice, would have recognized his gesture.
“He says he exerted a push with both hands at the level of the player’s throat”, said Olivier Etienne, deputy public prosecutor of Bordeaux. Contacted by France 3 Alpes, he denounces this Sunday a “aggressive behavior that could almost escalate”. A gesture according to him “totally incomprehensible from a 45-year-old man, business manager”.
The player Lucas Buades was able to be examined by a medical examiner this Sunday. “He did not find any particular lesion “, said the deputy prosecutor to France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine. He was also heard by the police as was the president of the Rodez club so that they could deliver their version of the facts. The footballer and the club have filed a complaint against the supporter.
The Annecy will be prosecuted for “penetration on a playing area of a sports enclosure disturbing the progress of the competition” and “premeditated violence resulting in incapacity for work (ITT) less than eight days”. He was in the process of being referred to the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office this Sunday evening and “will be the subject of a summons which will be notified to him for the date of November 27, 2023″, says Olivier Etienne. The Annecy entrepreneur faces a penalty ofone year’s imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.