2023-12-06 23:07:48
“Forbidden to travel, in the land of freedoms. Today more than ever, freedom for the Ultras”, could we read on four banners deployed in the MTP group sector, empty at kick-off. “Lorient classified at risk. What is more dangerous? Your politics or this match? », Asked the Fanatics on three banners installed in an empty sector as well.
The two groups only took their seats in the stands in the fifth minute of the match. They then lit numerous smoke bombs and some fireworks. While the start of the season was marked by several serious incidents in or around stadiums in France, the sporting and political authorities put forward a response to ban all fan movements during matches considered “at risk”.
Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra explained on Tuesday that it was necessary to “decide on a moratorium on fan travel”, saying “that we cannot accept this situation”. On Monday, the president of the LFP, Vincent Labrune, also pleaded for “radical measures”.
On October 29, the OM-Lyon match was postponed after the bus carrying players and Lyon staff was stoned. Several windows had been broken and the Lyon coach, Fabio Grosso, who had since been dismissed from his duties, had been seriously injured in the face. On October 9, the Montpellier-Clermont match was interrupted, then postponed after a firecracker was thrown near Clermont goalkeeper Mory Diaw, who was shocked and evacuated on a stretcher. On November 26, a bus of Brest supporters was stoned after a match in Montpellier.
Even more serious, on Saturday evening, a Nantes supporter was killed during an altercation, when several VTC vehicles transporting Nice supporters were attacked by Nantes fans. A VTC driver was indicted and imprisoned on Monday.
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