2023-11-02 15:40:57
By the editorial staff
Published 5 minutes ago, Updated now
The Olympico was canceled last Sunday after the Olympique Lyonnais bus was stoned. CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP
The competitions committee of the Professional Football League decided this Thursday to postpone the Olympico until next Wednesday, December 6. However, the organizational arrangements will be defined later.
The date is known. Meeting this Thursday, the competitions commission of the Professional Football League decided to “reprogram» the meeting between Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday December 6, indicated Vincent Labrune. However, the organizational arrangements will be defined later. “But above all, it (the commission, editor’s note) will subsequently determine the location of this meeting while awaiting additional elements from the public authorities guaranteeing optimal safety and security conditions for all of its stakeholders and the public.», explained the president of the LFP, in comments reported by The Team .
More concretely, we do not yet know whether the match will take place at the Stade Vélodrome, as initially planned, or on neutral ground, as some have requested. It is also unclear whether fans will be allowed to attend.
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30 days of ITT for Fabio Grosso
As a reminder, scheduled for this Sunday evening (8:45 p.m.), the Olympico was canceled after the Olympique Lyonnais bus was stoned during its journey to the Marseille venue. Fabio Grosso was notably hit in the face. An injury that required several stitches. The Italian technician was granted total incapacity for work for thirty days. Buses of Rhone supporters were also attacked on the way to the Stade Vélodrome.
Also read: OM-OL incidents: 30 days of ITT for Fabio Grosso, injured Sunday evening
At the start of the week, Vincent Ponsot, the general director of Olympique Lyonnais, said that he wanted the meeting not to take place in Marseille. “We will initiate a certain number of procedures and actions so that the file is processed. Our hope is that today the security conditions for playing in Marseille are not met. It would therefore be necessary to play on neutral ground», he declared on OL TV. We will (still) have to wait a little before knowing if he will be listened to.
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