At the foot of the wall sportingly and an empty stadium on the atmosphere side. After two defeats in the first two days of the Champions League, OM players await those of Sporting Portugal with a firm footing, Tuesday October 4, from 6.45 p.m. And the concern is there: the Lisbon team has won its first two games. Another pitfall for the Olympians, they will not have the support of the public: the meeting of the group stages is played behind closed doors, because of the throwing of smoke bombs exchanged between the supporters of Olympique de Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt, September 13th. OM then lost to the Germans 1-0.
In front of the gates of the Vélodrome stadium, Cynthia, a big OM fan, finds that the closure of all the stands is “completely disproportionate!”. And to specify: “Afterwards, a fault remains a fault. But no, there, it’s abused!“The frustration is all the greater as this match appears to be the most important of this start to the season.”It would have been incredible if everyone was there, if we were 100% behind. Afterwards, it’s true that you have to hold back all the same”, recognizes Mouinzou, subscriber of “Vél ‘”. The north corner of the Velodrome will also be closed when the English host Tottenham on November 1. The Marseillais will therefore be almost deprived of their spectators for these last two home matches.
Florian, another frustrated supporter, believes that the incidents in the stands were a mistake, before entrusting to understand the gesture: “It’s hard not to answer. I had colleagues who were there. They told me that the first smoke bomb and part of the Frankfurt collective. Afterwards, there were a few signs, a few insults… So it’s true that in the atmosphere of the match, in the euphoria, it’s hard not to answerFrankfurt was fined 45,000 euros and banned from selling tickets to fans for the next away game, suspended, for ‘racist behaviour’ and throwing pyrotechnics , UEFA had indicated at the end of September.
Yannis, finally, subscriber, him, of the South bend, does not blame the supporters of the bend opposite: he especially wants UEFA. “Me, I think we should have avoided the supporters moving because we knew it was going to happen like that …“Deprived of stands, many fans should still find themselves around the stadium, because they know it: even if there are still three matches to play before the end of the first round, a victory seems necessary to the players of the OM – yet confident in Ligue 1 – if they want to hope to qualify for the round of 16 next spring.