despite an important security system, the Lyon players are not reassured by the idea of ​​returning to the Vélodrome

After the match was postponed following the incidents at the end of October, the match will be played on Wednesday evening at the Vélodrome. Lyon supporters are banned from traveling to Marseille.

A meeting under high tension. Olympique de Marseille hosts OL on Wednesday December 6, to play the match canceled on October 29 after the Lyon players’ bus was stoned. Supporter buses were also targeted. Former Rhone coach Fabio Grosso, since dismissed and temporarily replaced by Pierre Sage, was injured in the face.

The Lyon squad, on the other hand, remains the same and only 38 days after these serious incidents, the players are not particularly reassured by the idea of ​​returning to the Vélodrome. In any case, they will not go with joy of heart. “It’s a bit of a delicate situation. We didn’t think we would come back, replay this match already and above all replay as if nothing had happened on the 29threcognizes defender Clinton Mata. There, we have a few fears in terms of security. [La dernière fois,] We were promised that everything would go well. It was not the case.”

Because it is trivialized and important police force

To address these concerns, an important security system has been put in place. First, by order of the Ministry of the Interior, Lyon supporters are prohibited from traveling. The match, classified 4 out of 5 on the risk scale of the National Division for the Fight against Hooliganism (DNLH), presents a real and serious risk of clash between supporters of the two clubs, according to Beauvau.

A measure which is in line with the words of the Minister of Sports on Tuesday December 5. Amélie Oudéa-Castera proposed on RTL “a moratorium on fan travel” by December 18, the date of a meeting which will bring together the National Supporterism Authority, after the death of a Nantes supporter near Beaujoire.

For its part, the Bouches-du-Rhône police headquarters also banned all Lyon supporters from being present in the city center of Marseille and around the Vélodrome between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

Nearly 480 law enforcement officers

This time the Lyon players and staff will travel to the stadium aboard an unmarked bus, with reinforced protection, loaned by Marseille. The police headquarters remains very discreet about the route taken and the number of personnel involved, but it mentions a “adapted device”. According to our information, six units of mobile police and gendarmes will be deployed, or around 480 law enforcement officers.

Despite the absence of the Lyonnais, the match will be played behind closed doors, in front of 60,000 OM supporters. “The events that took place, I think they remain isolated acts. There will be no special tensionsassures a regular at the Vélodrome. It’s going to be fire, it’s really going to be the volcano.” The Lyon players will in any case have to overcome this very particular context. Last in the championship with only 7 points, they have only won one match this year.