The ax fell on Saturday, December 18. The day after another evening marred by incidents in the stands during the Coupe de France meeting between Paris FC and Olympique Lyonnais (OL), the Rhone club announced, through the voice of its leaders, to ban its groups of supporters to travel to away games.
“More than ever, we must eradicate these phenomena of hooliganism and banish all those who are enemies, by their acts, of football, but also of the clubs they claim to be”, they argue in a press release. The decision, with immediate effect, is taken ” until further notice And as long as the perpetrators of Friday’s overflows have not been identified.
The Rhone club has also “Decided to file a complaint after this outbreak of violence and will take the most severe measures against those involved [lorsqu’elles seront identifiées], including against the Lyon supporters who would be affected. “
Friday, the 32nd final of the Coupe de France between the Lyonnais and the Ligue 2 club at the Charléty stadium in Paris was definitively interrupted, while the score was 1-1 at half-time, due to clashes in stands.
After jets of smoke on the outskirts of the Lyon parking lot, fights broke out and crowd movements took place, leading to the deployment of security forces who came to lend a hand to the stewards. Spectators from the stand close to the incidents then descended on the lawn to move away, preventing the resumption of the match.
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Meeting of the FFF disciplinary committee
Since the start of the season, French football has been plagued by acts of violence from supporters. Thursday, an interministerial meeting resulted in the announcement of measures, including the installation of safety nets in the stadiums of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, as well as a protocol specifying the modalities of stopping the meetings in the event of incidents. .
On Wednesday, the president of OL, Jean-Michel Aulas, was sanctioned with five games of suspension for having verbally attacked the referee during the match against Olympique de Marseille, interrupted after a throw of plastic bottle against Dimitri Payet, November 21.
On Saturday, the president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graët, described the incidents at Paris FC-OL as“Intolerable” and felt that “The troublemakers” had to be “Kicked out of sports arenas”. The FFF disciplinary committee will meet “Urgently, early next week, to open the investigation of a disciplinary file”. Decisions will be taken the following week, before the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, scheduled for January 2 and 3, the body said.
