Shortly before the hour of play, the incomprehension is total in the bays of the stadium. bothered by what looks like tear gas – while some evoke a pepper bomb – which also inconveniences the supporters, all the actors are sent back to the locker room. At that time, it is difficult to know what is happening and what is really causing this nuisance.
The game resumes, and no major incident seems to take place, neither on the lawn nor in the stands of the Toulouse enclosure. In reality, behind the parking lot, a scuffle has just broken out.
On the Toulouse side, voices from the club explain that the Hérault supporters would have tried to force the bar and would have provoked a fight with the security agents, possibly those of their own service, before being gassed by the CRS, hence the fumes which would have invaded the stadium.
An explanation confirmed by the prefecture, in a press release, which “strongly condemns these actions“and which justifies the intervention of the police by the desire to prevent”the ransacking of the bar“
However, this version is disputed, or in any case nuanced, by several Pailladin supporters present on the spot. On social networks, the latter evoke a curtain that would have closed under their noses, when they come to eat at the refreshment bar. And CRS who would then have intervened bluntly, in the face of the anger or annoyance of several individuals.
This Sunday evening, the prefecture of Haute-Garonne also tells us that 14 MHSC supporters were arrested “for possession, transportation and use of smoke and non-detonating fireworks“. She announces that a police officer has been “slightly injured“.
Three TFC fans, including an elderly person, were also reportedly injured by throwing projectiles near the Montpellier parking lot, again according to the Violets club.