Olympique de Marseille playmaker Dimitri Payet, hit in the head on Sunday evening by a full water bottle in Lyon, lodged a complaint “within the framework of the investigation of the prosecutor of Lyon”, announced the Marseille club to AFP on Monday 22 November, confirming information from RMC Sport. According to OM, his player will be a civil party in this case.
OM number 10, “very shocked” by this aggression which led to the final stoppage of the match against Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday evening, consulted occupational medicine, at the request of the prosecutor of Lyon, added the Marseille club, without being able to specify whether a work stoppage to him has been issued.
Already targeted in Nice
Dimitri Payet is regularly targeted by opposing supporters and he had already been hit by a bottle full of water, in the back, when he was preparing to take a corner in Nice at the end of August. Reacting angrily, he returned the bottle to the stands, a gesture which had led to the invasion of the field by several Aiglons supporters and the end of the match.
The incident on Sunday evening, during the last match of the 14th day of Ligue 1, took place just five minutes after kick-off. It then took two hours for the authorities on the spot, and in particular the referee of the match, Ruddy Buquet, to decide to stop the match definitively.
This decision led to a real imbroglio involving Lyon and Marseille leaders, the referee of the match, the Professional Football League (LFP) and the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, each refusing to take responsibility for the match. stoppage of the match.