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The meeting between OM and OL on December 6 in Marseille is the least bad option, Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra said on Friday, referring to the match that could not take place due to Lyon cars throwing stones.
For me, the pain is already done. When the mobilisation of fans is prohibited, as will happen on 6 December, it is the defeat of the tie. The sanction being devised is probably the least bad option left, the minister told the media on the sidelines. of the announcement of the torch direction for the Paris Paralympic Games.
Call for a Leap
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) announced on Thursday the postponement of the match between Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais at the Stade Vélodrome, provoking a strong reaction from OL, deeply surprised by the decision to play in Marseille.
The Lyon club announced that it would appeal this decision, considering it inaudible and considering that it unequivocally indicated that the LFP abdicated its responsibility.
AOC under pressure for a formula to be in place that the prefect of police reinforced, paying attention to each and every detail and optimizing what could possibly have happened on the night of the incidents.
If there is the slightest outburst from Marseille fans in this match, we will have to draw tremendous consequences for the company, he added.
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The Minister called for a wake-up call to address the problems of eliminating violence from our stadiums and fighting all bureaucracy, discrimination, racist and anti-Semitic expressions. We have to end this once and for all. . . . ] And we don’t have a small number of imbeciles like that that lead to a defeat for the sport,” he concluded.
The match could not be played on October 29 after Lyon coach Fabio Grosso was injured when he was hit in the head with a projectile and broke a window of the vehicle he was travelling in.
The LFP’s disciplinary commission has opened an investigation into racist chants and gestures observed in the stadium’s visitors’ car park by Lyon fans. The resolution is expected until November 22.