The AS Saint-Étienne club announced on Tuesday that it had filed a complaint for “aggravated violence, destruction and degradation” after the violence which enamelled, Sunday evening, the end of the L1-L2 play-off match lost against Auxerre. ASSE filed a complaint for “aggravated violence, destruction and damage to public property, entry into the playing area affecting the safety of persons and property and throwing of projectiles presenting a danger to the safety of persons“Said the club in a press release.
In this context, the mayor of Saint-Étienne Gaël Perdriau announced on Tuesday his intention to work on a “White Book” of “concrete proposals to eradicate violence from professional and amateur football», an initiative to which he intends to associate «football authorities, the National Fans Association, local authorities and the government».
The elected official thus sent a letter on Monday calling for a mobilization in this direction to Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, to the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castera, to the president of the LFP Vincent Labrune, to that of the FFF Noël Le Graët, as well as the President of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF) David Lisnard and the President of France Urbaine, Johanna Rolland, Mayor of Nantes. “Our stadiums are gradually becoming the place of expression of a deep social and societal malaise that is fragmenting France. We can’t stay like this without reacting“, warns Mr. Perdriau in a press release.