the Rhone club “takes note” of the sanctions and puts its supporters “in front of their responsibilities”

Olympique Lyonnais reacts. After the incidents which led to the final termination of the Coupe de France match between PFC and OL, Jean-Michel Aulas’ club declared on Tuesday “take note of the heavy penalties“taken Monday by the disciplinary commission of the French Football Federation. also put its groups of supporters in front of their responsibilities”to eradicate all violence from the stands and control their members“.

Olympique Lyonnais takes note of the heavy penalties imposed by the FFF disciplinary committee and continues its work to identify the people involved in the incidents during the PFC / OL match.

– Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) December 28, 2021

After the end of their match in the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, on December 17, OL was sanctioned with a defeat on the green carpet, like Paris FC (L2), with a fine of 52,000 euros, a closure of its visitors area until the end of the season and an exclusion from competition of the Coupe de France from the 2022-2023 season suspended, revoked in the event of a repeat offense.

“OL once again condemns all forms of violence in the stadiums and had expressed their willingness to assume their responsibilities, without seeking the slightest excuse for the intolerable violence of certain individuals.“Says a statement released Tuesday evening.

The press release also states that the Rhone club “is counting on the groups of supporters who must also take their responsibilities to eradicate all violence from the stands and control their members so as not to penalize the OL institution sportingly and economically“. Olympique Lyonnais declares, moreover,”continue its work of identifying the people involved in the incidents“which occurred at the Charléty stadium in Paris.

“Four nominative complaints, accompanied by commercial stadium bans, were filed. They target both individual supporters and group leaders. Other complaints will follow and OL will show the greatest firmness.“, further details the press release of the club. This one hopes”that the investigators and the justice system will help him in the identification of the culprits but also by pronouncing heavy sanctions against all the hooligans involved, in Paris as in Lyon“.