It didn’t take Lucky Luke to stop them, but almost. In the 38th minute of the Europa League match between Olympique Lyonnais and Sparta Prague on Thursday November 4, two streakers in Dalton costume entered the lawn of Groupama Stadium. A brief but striking interruption, like the actions of this collective in Lyon.
The image was seen all over Europe. An entry of spectators on a field in front of the cameras, this is not a first. But this time the outfit was very special, and the collective to which the two men belong. Seemingly as adept as the comic book bandits when it comes to evading authorities, the two surprise guests played games with each other. stewards to access the land. They then did their best to escape the security services, forcing Italian referee Maurizio Mariani to stop the game for a good minute. After the match, OL striker Islam Slimani reacted, obviously not amused: “It is not good to do these things which can penalize the players and the club “.
#Lyon – Two members of the “Daltons” entered the lawn of the Groupama Stadium during #OLSPA this Thursday. The collective is renowned for its urban rodeos in the city center. pic.twitter.com/1lxqhpVmm2
– Lyon Mag (@lyonmag) November 4, 2021
These individuals are not strangers in Lyon. They are part of the “Daltons” urban rodeo collective, located in the eighth arrondissement of the capital of the Gauls.
Its members are recognizable by their yellow and black striped prison outfit, inspired by the Morris and Goscinny comics. Some of its members also form a rap group called “Lyon 8”.
The Daltons had created controversy on October 17 with an urban rodeo on Place Bellecour, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. Since then, some have had trouble with the law.
At the end of August, one of them was sentenced to nine months in prison for having organized urban rodeos in the 8th arrondissement and on the ring road. The day before the match, another Dalton received an eight-month suspended prison sentence for the same facts, but downtown Lyon. Three members of the group, arrested on October 23, are to be tried at the end of November.