In stoppage time of the match, while the Montpellier side were leading 4-2 at home on Sunday, the Auvergne goalkeeper was the target of a firecracker from the stands.
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New incident on the Ligue 1 pitches. The match of the 8th day between Montpellier and Clermont, Sunday October 8, was interrupted a few minutes from the end, because of a firecracker thrown in the direction of Auvergne goalkeeper Mory Diaw (90th +1). The fireworks exploded very close to the goalkeeper, who remained on the ground in his penalty area, before being evacuated on a stretcher a few minutes later.
Meanwhile, Mory Diaw’s teammate, Neto Borges, was sent off by the referee, Florent Batta, for having given the finger to the stand from which the firecracker was thrown. In this stormy context, the Clermontois decided to return to the locker room, before the MHSC players imitated them. The latter, however, left to validate a convincing victory (4-2 after the doubles of Mousa Al-Tamari and Téji Savanier).
An individual in police custody
A crisis unit has been set up. A little less than an hour after the events, the security representative at the Mosson stadium announced that the meeting was definitively interrupted. “The doctor who examined the Clermont goalkeeper found that he was not able to resume the match. As a result, the match was definitively interrupted”the match referee explained to the press. “There is disgust, disillusionment and sadness,” regretted Montpellier President Laurent Nicollin, who deplored the gesture of a “isolated person (who) can penalize a team”.
In the evening, France Bleu Hérault indicated that an individual had been handed over to the police by Mosson stewards. He is a 24-year-old man not particularly known to the police. He has no history of stadium violence. The latter was placed in police custody but could not be interviewed immediately because he was drunk. Witnesses will also be heard. The Clermont and Montpellier clubs reserve the right to file a complaint against him, according to France Bleu Hérault.
According to the Sports Department of Radio France, a source close to the Professional Football League, the League’s Disciplinary Commission will take up the matter with the investigation at the next meeting, which will take place on Wednesday.