2023-09-28 21:11:00
“We should have stopped this match. » Sunday evening, during the Ligue 1 classic, pitting PSG against OM at the Parc des Princes, homophobic chants, echoed by thousands of supporters, resounded in the stadium. The Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra estimated this Thursday, September 28 that the referee should have interrupted the game, as was done four years ago. According to her, “the protocol for stopping matches in the event of homophobic chants or incitement to hatred” should be reviewed. “I think this is one of the elements that must happen on the ground for the situation to change,” said the minister on the sidelines of a visit to Arcom, the media regulator.
“In the same way that we have evolved our legal arsenal and in the same way that we encourage all authorities to take all their responsibilities, including the supporters’ associations so that they themselves help us in this direction,” said she added. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra specified that she would meet on Monday “some of these associations” in order to examine the means necessary to ensure that “these situations do not recur”.
Olivier Klein calls for “sanctions”
The interministerial delegate for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hatred, Olivier Klein, relayed the day after the match a video of around thirty seconds in which we can hear PSG supporters singing homophobic chants against the players of the Marseille team, saying he was “very shocked” and demanding “sanctions”.
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The disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) also summoned Paris SG and its players Ousmane Dembélé, Achraf Hakimi, Randal Kolo Muani and Layvin Kurzawa on Wednesday, filmed singing an insulting song towards the Marseillais during of the group celebration on Sunday evening, in front of the Auteuil stand, after their 4-0 victory in this classic of French football.
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