2023-06-04 04:51:31
While Bordeaux was playing its comeback in Ligue 1 against Rodez, the attack on an opposing player by a Girondin supporter calls everything into question. Back to the facts and their probable consequences.
What happened during Bordeaux-Rodez
We thought we were off for an evening full of twists and turns. We didn’t think so well. While the tension was at its height in the heights as in the depths of Ligue 2, a supporter came to make a hell of a mess in this day of verdict(s). It all started at Matmut Atlantique, when this Bordeaux fan entered the lawn area where Lucas Buades, Rodez midfielder, came to celebrate the opener.
Jostled by the intruder, the player collapsed on the ground, causing the momentary – then total – stoppage of the match in the 22nd minute. “The player cannot resume because he is concussed. In collaboration with the team of delegates and the LFP, we have respected the regulations, namely that the match will not resume, ”announced after a wait of 45 minutes the referee of the meeting, Nicolas Rainville. Since Bordeaux was playing its rise and Rodez its maintenance, the end of the meeting is not without consequence on the final classification of the Championship.
What do we know about the attacker?
As of Friday evening, four men had been taken into custody, including the alleged attacker. The police accuse this supporter, aged 45 according to South West, to have entered the field and to have “violently pushed” the Rodez player. According to the regional newspaper, this Bordeaux fan, a prominent member of the “Ultramarines” group, is a resident… of Annecy, another club “victim” of the events of the evening – we will come back to this below. Three other supporters are in custody: two men, aged 29 and 30 according to Sud Ouest, for having also entered the field, and a last one, aged 47, who allegedly outraged and gave a headbutt. to a steward.
What the regulations provide and what the Girondins risk
The Girondins de Bordeaux obviously risk a lot because of the action of a single individual, against whom they have announced that they have filed a complaint. The match being stopped, the result is not yet ratified, just like the sanction to come against the Girondin club. The Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) will study the case on Monday, but the verdict should not be known immediately.
Given the latest more or less similar history in French enclosures, Bordeaux could be hit with partial or total closed doors, a hefty fine or even a withdrawal of points for the current or future season. Despite the indicative scale existing within the LFP concerning incidents linked to supporters, it is difficult as it stands to have a real perspective of what could await the Girondins. For an “intrusion by one or more spectators of a hostile nature”, a total or partial closed session is recommended. But the supporter having damaged the physical integrity of the Ruthénois player, no scale exists for this specific case. And the addition could be full-bodied.
In June 2022, two AJ Auxerre players were injured at the end of the play-off between Saint-Étienne and AJA, following the hostile invasion of Geoffroy-Guichard’s lawn. ASSE had suffered four matches behind closed doors and 6 penalty points, 3 of which were suspended on the classification for the following season.
What the presidents of Ligue 2 think… and the Minister of Sports
Present at the Matmut Atlantique, President Gérard Lopez presented himself at a press conference at the end of this chaotic evening. “It is also clear that I would like it to be played sportingly on a pitch, it’s still football. We will be present in committee on Monday and we will assert all our rights, as well as on appeal if we ever had to go, ”explained the Girondin boss. His Ruthenian counterpart, Pierre-Olivier Murat, considered it unlikely that the meeting would be replayed later. “I never saw games played after the last day. Our redneck club didn’t pressurize. I will stand behind the opinion of the LFP, ”he said on RMC.
The incident resonated as far as the Ministry of Sports, Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra welcoming on her social networks “the firm decision of the LFP to definitively stop the meeting”. “Violence has no place in the stadiums and our line is clear: zero tolerance,” she insisted. My thoughts go out to Lucas Buades, victim of this intolerable attack. I hope he recovers quickly. And I will be very attentive to the sanctions that will be taken by the authorities and by the courts. »
What this means for the end of the Championship
The fate of this Bordeaux-Rodez does not only interest the two teams, since the final result of the meeting will depend on the final classification of Ligue 2 2022-23. And with him the promotions-relegations. Still mathematically in the running for the climb, the Girondins have probably said goodbye to an express return to Ligue 1 with the sanction looming. They are in third place (only the first two allow them to climb in L1 this season) and were already forced to a big victory against Rodez after the results of Le Havre against Dijon (1-0), and Metz against Bastia (3- 2).
At the bottom of the ranking, the Ruthénois are 17th and virtually relegated to National after the evening results. But the decision of the LFP Disciplinary Committee could revive everything for the RAF, if a victory on the green carpet was recorded. It would therefore be Annecy, beaten by Paris FC (1-0), which would be the last team relegated to the third division with Dijon, Nîmes and Niort. Unless?… The president of Annecy, Sébastien Faraglia, asked that the match be replayed so that “sporting fairness is respected”. “We cannot give them (the three points) to Rodez after 22 minutes of play and bend the championship like that. It is not possible. The fate of Annecy cannot depend on a green carpet between Bordeaux and Rodez. See you Monday for the rest of this last incredible day.
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