QRM players will long remember this match against Marcel Picot in the maintenance race. It was crucial for Fabien Mercadal’s men and the Quevillais had started this meeting in the most beautiful way with a sumptuous free kick from Lambese (12th), Sabaly doubled the bet (18th) before the goal from Nazon (34th). Despite the good performance of the Red and Yellow, the score will remain anecdotal in view of the non-sporting events that tarnished this match.
Smoke bombs on the ground
The match was interrupted for the first time in the 23rd minute of play after Quevillais’ second goal. A few minutes before resuming. The Lorraine supporters had launched smoke bombs on the ground. Then he was arrested in the 40th minute, for the same facts. “The victory is there. We have the three points, that’s what mattered to us. Now the job was done in a match and in a very weird atmosphere tonight“, reacts Duckens Nazon, the author of the third Quevillais goal.
“I don’t see why we wouldn’t have the three points. We were leading 3-0. It was not our supporters who distorted the match. We did what had to be done. There is everything on our side for us to have this victory“, continues the striker of the Red and Yellow.
The League committee will make its decision “very quickly”
“I like football. And it is certain that when a match ends in the 40th minute, obviously, I cannot already see a scenario other than a victory for us. If this is not the case, it would not be an injustice but a tragedy for football. Today, we were leading 3-0, it’s a real match that we built. If we were to take away the fruit of this work there, at some point… but afterwards I trust the authorities. In any case on the sporting aspect I am very satisfied with my players“, explains Fabien Mercadal.
The league’s sports committee will make its decision.very quickly“according to Claude Jaunet, the match’s referent delegate. In a press conference, he explained the reasons for this definitive stoppage.”The safety of the actors was no longer assured knowing that in the stands, they were waiting for that, to be able to relaunch pyrotechnic objects if we resumed the match. We all agreed (the league and the authorities, editor’s note) on whether we should wait until there is a serious injury before we stop the match. So we made this decision“, he explains.
Will the Quevillais leave with the three points? And a victory? In the spans of Marcel Picot, there is no doubt, the Nancy will pay dearly for the excesses of their supporters. Match lost against QRM and therefore downgraded to National. And the specter of the last two home games behind closed doors.