The day after their Coupe de France match against Racing-Club de France in Chambly (Oise), the LOSC announced, on Monday 22 January, its intention to file a complaint against the X after several of its supporters reported racist comments coming from the car park. A lot of the club. .
In fact, some of them have denounced racist insults against black and Arab players or fans on social media and in the press coming from the away stands of the Walter-Luzi stadium in Chambly, where LOSC beat Racing-Club de France (1-0). . ) in the 16-year-old.
The statements were reportedly specifically directed at Racing-Club de France goalkeeper Rubens Adélaïde. “As soon as he arrived, I heard one or two people shouting ‘dirty’ for no reason. they fit in with one or two touches of the ball,” one of the Lille fans at the stadium told La Voix du Nord.
Others “said ‘France to the French’ for thirty seconds and then something resembling Hitler’s moustache appeared,” this viewer continues to the northern newspaper. According to another Lille fan, racist comments also took place at half-time, while an activity with the youngsters was organised on the pitch. A man chased after the young guard: ‘Damn, you’re only smart picking cotton,'” he said.
“The reports in question have been recorded and studied since this morning, witnesses [are] contacted,” the Lille club said in a press release, calling on “any LOSC supporter who has seen, heard or filmed acts or remarks racists last night at the Walter-Luzi stadium to come forward to the club, so that he can be recontacted and accompanied confidentially in his testimony, to the club and, if necessary, to the police authorities. LOSC has also put a form online on its website for any supporter wishing to provide their testimony.
“We have to say enough, enough is enough, how long are we going to continue being outraged? Everyone complains, comments and denounces, what is being done to combat this plague?”, the president of the Lille club, Olivier Létang, declared to La Voix du Nord, calling for “lifetime bans in stadiums. “