The evening promised to be festive, with a duel at the top between the two Olympics. However, it ultimately turned into a fiasco. This Sunday, October 29, 2023, Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais were to face each other at the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille at the end of the tenth day of Ligue 1. However, the match was postponed after the bus transporting the Lyon players was the target of projectiles thrown by some Marseille “supporters” near the stadium.
In fact, beer cans were thrown at the bus, breaking several windows. Touched by the shards, Fabio Grosso, the OL coach, came out of the bus covered in blood and had to receive 12 stitches during the intervention of the Lyon medical staff. After long minutes of deliberation regarding the fate of the match, it was finally decided that the meeting would be postponed. The Lyon players, traumatized by the event, did not wish to play the match.
SkySport reveals a photo of Fabio Grosso the day after the incidents that occurred near the Vélodrome. pic.twitter.com/K3WQ3aNLBc
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An evening to forget
Although numerous images of the Lyon coach were broadcast on social networks during the evening, a new photo was published this Monday, October 30 as relayed by the X account,
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. The coach appears with a huge wound that extends from the arch to his eyelid, and his face is swollen. The fate of the match should be decided by the League this Thursday to determine whether the match will be played behind closed doors with the supporters, or if another decision will be taken.
It should be noted that the Olympique de Marseille players did not enter the pitch for a single second during the evening, as a sign of solidarity with their evening rivals following these terrible events. In addition, many true Marseille supporters strongly condemned this heinous act. In addition to the stoned bus, racist acts were noted in the visitor’s parking lot which sheltered the Lyon “supporters” who came to make the trip. Between Nazi salutes, monkey cries, and presentation of identity cards and passports to pretend that the Marseillais are not French, the evening was nightmarish in every way…