The cold shower for the supporters of the Racing club of Strasbourg! There will be no “blue train”, a train specially chartered for Alsatian supporters for the trip to Marseilles, the last game of the season scheduled for May 21. The Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture said no. She fears that Racing fans could be targeted when they arrive at Marseille station. The authorities prefer that this trip be done by bus and limit the number of Strasbourg residents to 200 or 300 depending on the supporters’ federation.
No more than 300 supporters
“The disappointment is at the height of the Racing season. We had been working on this project with the club for six months“, explains Grégory Walter to France Bleu Alsace “everything was stalled and finally the prefecture said no and offered to fall back on buses except that they are already taken! It’s unfair because why can we move 3000 Dutch supporters for the match against and not 1000 Strasbourg supporters?”, wonders the member of UB 90.