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Brawl between PSG and OL supporters: the Lyon club and the authorities blame each other
Brawl between PSG and OL supporters: the Lyon club and the authorities blame each other
(franceinfo)
Violent clashes took place between OL and PSG supporters before the Coupe de France final on Saturday May 25. The routes of the two groups should not have crossed and the Lyon club denounces an error in the route planned by the authorities.
Saturday May 25, violent clashes pitted supporters of Olympique Lyonnais (OL) against those of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the Fresnes-lès-Montauban toll booth (Pas-de-Calais). A general brawl broke out shortly before the Coupe de France final. Around a hundred supporters of both teams came to blows. Around thirty were injured, as well as eight police officers. A bus was set on fire under the toll gate, and four others were damaged.
The authorities had defined two separate routes, although the match was classified as high risk. Late, the Lyonnais finally encountered the Parisian supporters. In a press release, OL accuses the authorities of a clear error of direction. A way of giving up, according to a police unionist. “Supporters must be able to cross paths at any given time without necessarily coming to blows“, estimates Julien Soir, delegate of the National Police Alliance of Hauts-de-France. A judicial investigation has been opened to determine responsibility for the violence.
