Fabio Grosso, the supervisor of Lyon, sustained a severe harm earlier than his membership was presupposed to play Marseille in a Ligue 1 sport. Whereas the Lyon bus departed for the stadium in South France, Marseille supporters launched rocks on the Lyon staff coach. These rocks broke the window of the bus and collided with Fabio Grosso. The Lyon supervisor sustained severe accidents that required medical consideration. Footage after the occasion present Grosso bloodied with bandages forged round his face.
One of many assistant coaches at Lyon, Raffaele Longo, additionally sustained accidents after the assault from Marseille supporters. Following an emergency assembly with Ligue 1 officers, the league postponed the anticipated derby conflict. The Conflict of the Olympics must wait till an extra date to transpire.
“Through the disaster unit assembly following the incidents that occurred outdoors the Stade Velodrome on the route of its bus, Olympique Lyonnais made identified its opposition to participating within the match given the circumstances,” Ligue 1’s assertion stated. “In session with Olympique de Marseille and the general public authorities, the OM-OL match will due to this fact not be performed this night at 8:45 p.m.”
Initially, Lyon needed the match to go forward as deliberate. Membership proprietor John Textor stated the state of affairs got here right down to Ligue 1 and the event of the accidents to the staff.
“Our staff needed to play, we stated we had been able to play, I’m very pleased with the captain,” Textor stated. “It was very shifting. We noticed blood popping out of his head. He wasn’t actually lucid as a result of he was hit with shrapnel too. The choice is past our management.”
Marseille responds to followers injuring Lyon supervisor earlier than Ligue 1 conflict
Nevertheless, the accidents to Grosso and Longo had been worse than initially anticipated. Out of precaution, Gross required a stretcher due to his accidents. Additionally, Lyon cited the psychological state of the gamers after the assault.
Marseille additionally condemned what it referred to as the ‘deplorable’ acts of followers. The membership needs Grosso a speedy restoration from his accidents sustained on Sunday.
“Due to a handful of inconsiderate folks, the occasion deliberate for this night has been ruined and 65,000 followers have been disadvantaged of attending a soccer match,” Marseille stated.
The membership didn’t present any point out of impending punishment. Nevertheless, the membership doubtless faces sanctions from the league. Marseille supporters, in addition to a number of different golf equipment in France, have a historical past of violent habits. For instance, final 12 months, Greek followers referred to as for a ban on Marseille supporters throughout a European sport. Marseille performed a Europa League sport behind closed doorways final 12 months due to crowd disturbances and situations of violence.
Ligue 1 continues to have fan violence
The French authorities condemned the disgusting habits of Marseille followers on the weekend. Nevertheless, it is a disturbingly frequent prevalence for French soccer followers. Good supporters stormed the sphere to confront Marseille star Dmitri Payet in 2021. Flares are additionally a standard projectile followers within the stadiums launch onto the pitch.
Ligue 1 has but to launch an official assertion on the incident. For now, all followers know is that the sport is postponed. There isn’t a set date to play out the derby conflict neither is there data of followers’ attendance within the stadium.
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