The Ligue 1 match between Marseille and Lyon was postponed after the Lyonnais’ bus was stoned on Sunday evening. “An investigation will take place to very precisely establish the chain of responsibility” specified Amélie Oudéa-Castera.
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The windows of the buses were blown out. Sunday October 29, the vehicle which brought the Olympique Lyonnais team to the Vélodrome stadium to face Olympique de Marseille was violently stoned. “He The perpetrators must all be found and severely punished.”reacts the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castera on franceinfo.
The match was to close the 10th day of Ligue 1 football. The meeting was postponed, coach Fabien Grosso suffered a head injury. It is not about “classic sports discipline” since these acts were committed on public roads, believes Amélie Oudéa-Castera. “An investigation will take place to very precisely establish the chain of responsibility”she continues.
Discussions and sanctions to come
“With Gérald Darmanin, we established, last May, the principle of a systematic judicial ban on stadiums for all acts of hatred or provocation of violence”recalls the minister, “We will have the necessary dialogue with the supporters’ associations, with the Professional Football League, with the police and justice services, so that this cannot happen again.”
The minister also gave her support to the OL club on the social network X, formerly Twitter: “I give my full support to theOLto his coach as well as his assistant Raffaele Longo who was also hit in the face.”
Faced with the images of stones and injuries to the Lyon coach, the minister’s reaction was “a reaction of revolt and dismay, seeing the images of the stoned buses, the bloodied face of Fabio Grosso, it is the very negation of the values of football and sport”.