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Violence in French football: “there is an increasingly ‘anarchic’ form of violence”, according to Nicolas Kssis-Martov, journalist at SoFoot magazine and specialist in violence in football.
Violence in French football: “there is an increasingly ‘anarchic’ form of violence”, according to Nicolas Kssis-Martov, journalist at SoFoot magazine and specialist in violence in football. – (FRANCEINFO)
During the last football match between Marseille and Lyon, violence broke out. Same phenomenon in Montpellier, or a bottle thrown at footballer Dimitri Payet. How can we explain the exacerbation of violence in French football? Nicolas Kssis-Martov, journalist at SoFoot and specialist in violence in football, was the guest of 19/20 info.
“We must distinguish things carefully, because not all forms of violence are identical and do not have the same sources. There is clearly an increasingly ‘anarchic’ form of violence”analyzes Nicolas Kssis-Martov, journalist at SoFoot magazine and specialist in violence in football.
“There is a lack of anticipation”
According to the journalist, there is also more violence coming from the far-right hooligan movement. “There is the social climate, the general atmosphere, the fact that we reach a very young audience in the stadiums, and rather popular, these are factors which can contribute to it”, according to the journalist. We also remember the violence at the Stade de France before the Champions League final. “There is a real problem, what happened around the Stade de France, it was a failure in the management of the supporters (…) there was a lack of anticipation, we lack the skills to anticipate these situations”says the specialist in violence in football.