a brawl between OL and PSG supporters leaves around thirty lightly injured, including eight police officers

These events took place just before the Coupe de France final which took place in Lille on Saturday and were condemned “with the greatest firmness” by President Emmanuel Macron.

A charred bus, 30 supporters and eight police officers were slightly injured on the evening of Saturday May 24, during clashes between OL and PSG supporters at a motorway tollbooth, announced the prefect of the North in a communicated. These events took place just before the Coupe de France final in Lille.

This brawl took place between supporters of the two teams who were going to the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d’Ascq around 6 p.m. on the A1 motorway, at the Fresnes-lès-Montauban tollbooth (Pas-de-Calais). ), a few dozen kilometers from Lille. During this violence, a bus was set on fire and two others damaged, the Northern prefecture said in a press release published overnight. Thirty fans were slightly injured, 14 of whom required “medical care”as well as eight police officers.

The Head of State Emmanuel Macron, present at the stadium to witness the victory of Paris-Saint-Germain (2-1), condemned these clashes “with the greatest firmness”. “These acts of violence, which took place before the match on the public highway, are unacceptable” and “contrary to the values ​​that must be upheld by football”reacted the French Football Federation.

“These are sporting events where you must above all be happy.” Same story from Luis Enrique, the PSG coach, who says “regret[r] any violence that takes place at the expense of football”. The Lyon captain, Alexandre Lacazette, clarified that the players had seen the images before the match. “It’s sad for football to get to this point”he said.

According to the account of the prefect of the North, Bertrand Gaume, a convoy of supporters, escorted by the police, crossed paths with those of opposing supporters, “arrived at the wrong place” And “bad timing”, at the toll level. Supporters, of whom he did not clearly specify whether they were from Lyon or Paris, then “triggered the bus safety devices” For “attack the opposing team”who for his part sent smoke bombs against a bus. “There were very violent brawls”before the intervention “very fast” law enforcement, according to Bertrand Gaume.

The Collectif ultras Paris affirmed that it was a Parisian bus which “attacked by a Lyon bus”while the road was “exclusively reserved for Parisian supporters”each group having “a predefined route”. “Subsequently, other Parisian and Lyon buses crossed paths, and we had to defend ourselves again”he adds in a press release.

“The route followed was that of the escort, modified by the police. The buses were indeed under escort”for its part assured Olympique Lyonnais in a press release condemning this violence.