the appeal of Olympique de Marseille deemed inadmissible by the French Football Federation

More than a month and a half later, the match between Lyon and Marseille continues to be talked about. And still not for sporting reasons. On Wednesday January 5, the appeal of Olympique de Marseille, which challenged the decisions of the Professional Football League (LFP) after the incidents that occurred, was deemed inadmissible by the French Federation, AFP learned from concordant sources .

The Federation’s Higher Appeal Commission (FFF) ruled on the appeal “inadmissible” because OM was not “not concerned” by the initial disciplinary sanctions, one explained of source having knowledge of the file.

In the first instance, the disciplinary committee of the LFP had indeed sanctioned OL with a penalty point in the standings, for the behavior of one of his supporters who had thrown a plastic bottle at the Marseillais Dimitri Payet during this match played on November 21, 2021.

The match, interrupted after four minutes, was given to replay in the walls of OL in Décines, behind closed doors. It has not yet been reprogrammed.

The OM had requested, in a document sent to the disciplinary committee of the LFP and of which AFP was aware, a sentence “obviously greater than two points, one of which was suspended, the loss of points being inevitable”. The management of the Marseille club also hoped to win the meeting on the green carpet.

OL, defender of the thesis of “the individual and isolated act”, also regretted in a press release “a very heavy sanction”, but had not appealed to the FFF.