The new date for the Ligue 1 match, which could not take place after several buses were stoned, including that of the Lyon team, was set for December 6.
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The postponed match between OM and OL will take place in Bouches-du-Rhône, and for the Minister of Sports, it is “the least bad option“. The postponement of the Ligue 1 clash on December 6 in the Marseille city is the choice that ended up being obvious for Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, questioned on this subject on Friday November 10, adding that “the damage was done“. The meeting could not be played on October 29, in particular because of the injury of Lyon coach Fabio Grosso, hit in the head when a projectile broke a window of the bus in which he was on.
“When there is a ban on the movement of supporters, as will be the case on December 6, it is the defeat of division. The sanction that is being imagined today is probably the least bad of the remaining options.“, said the minister to the media on the sidelines of the announcement of the route of the Paralympic Games flame in Paris.
The Professional Football League (LFP) announced on Thursday to postpone the match between Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais at the Vélodrome stadium, provoking a strong reaction from OL, “deeply shocked” by the decision to play again in the Marseille enclosure. The Lyon club announced that it would appeal this decision, judging it “inaudible” and considering that it indicated “unequivocally that the LFP was disempowering itself“.
“We have to put an end to this (…) and not have a small number of idiots like that leading to the defeat of the sport.”
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Gamesduring a press briefing on November 10
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra stressed that there would be “a device” that “the police chief reinforces, paying attention to each detail and optimizing what may have gone wrong“the evening of the incidents.”If there was the slightest excess on the part of Marseille supporters during this new meeting, we would really have to draw extremely firm consequences.“, she added.