Despite the victory of his club from Hyères in the French Cup against Saint-Estève (Pyrénées-Orientales), the Var media entrepreneur Mourad Boudjellal does not digest the invasion of the pitch after the match, nor the words of his Catalan counterpart, who he considers racist, held in full controversy on the choice of the field. He decided to file a complaint. We explain this judicial match with twists.
This Sunday, November 20, the footballers from Hyères (Var) qualified on penalties for the 8th round of the Coupe de France at the expense of Saint-Estève (Eastern Pyrenees). But their owner, the media entrepreneur Mourad Boudjellal, has decided not to stop there and moves the confrontation into the legal field by announcing that he is filing a complaint against the Catalan club and its president Ronnie Chaine.
In question: the invasion of the pitch, at the end of the match, by Union Saint-Estève Espoir Méditerranée Métropole fans, but also the comments made on social media by Ronnie Chaine after the Federation Française de Football’s decision to move match at the Jean Laffon stadium in Perpignan, the quality of that of Saint-Estève contested by Mourad Boudjellal. The tension has in fact increased in the days leading up to the competition. As a reminder, we’re redoing this pre-game.
The lawn of the Aloes stadium in Saint-Estève, victim of drought and intensive use this summer, it was she “in fair condition“as advocated by the USEPMM or”not level“as stated by Mourad Boudjellal who evoked”a potato field“? The French Football Federation decided 6 days before the match and ordered the Catalans to find another ground within 24 hours, otherwise the match would be played in Hyères. Finally, the Jean Laffon stadium in Perpignan was chosen, a tried and tested solution as an injustice of the Pyrénées-Orientales club, which fired the first salvo on its Facebook page on November 14, even before this decision.
Mourad Boudjellal, RMC’s chatterbox, recent president of Hyères FC, lecturer before the eternal, shits on the spirit of the “cup of possibilities” and finds himself faceless. As a result, the pre-sale of stage 2 tickets is suspended until our hearing in Paris. At our expense.
Facebook post from the USEPMM
At the end of the hearing before the FFF, Saint-Estève did not take off. And its president, Ronnie Chaine, goes wild, again on Facebook.
Friend Mourad with a very sweet melon, we wish you a good evening while you wait, but we still recommend that you fill up on the bus, download a podcast from the Grandes Gueules, type Stade des Aloès in Waze, and change your advice to clowning. See you Sunday for the cargo, may the best man win.
Ronnie Chaine, president of the USEPMM
is that”very sweet melon” which remains across the gorge of Mourad Boudjellal. In a communicated published on the official website of Hyères 83 FC, he replies.
As for free attacks, failing to put Aloe stadium on my waze […] I will link the procedure for racist comments against the president of St Estève. […] As for the racist comments and the metaphor with a melon, a legal follow-up will be given. The president of Saint-Estève should have remembered the African proverb which says “Whoever swallows a coconut or a melon trusts his anus”.
Mourad Boudjellal, president of Hyères 83 FC
It’s not all. Another complaint targets the USEPMM club itself. After the defeat of Saint-Estève (1 goal everywhere then shots on goal) on Sunday 20 November at the Jean Laffon stadium in Perpignan where this Coupe de France football match was finally played, the lawn was in fact invaded by some Catalan fans who they went over the fence. An episode considered serious by the Varois: “serious incidents occurred at the end of the game with invasion of the lawn by people close to the club and managers (volunteers) who came to fight with our players“.
Hyères claims to have the images of these incidents and intends to hand them over to the FFF, clearly underlining the responsibility of the Saint-Estève club.
The club filmed the entire scene and will send a copy to the FFF shortly. A complaint will be filed, the top management of Saint-Estève will be asked about the security measures that have been taken in addition to volunteering security agents for a match that a president had been trying to escalate all week.
Hyères 83 FC press release
On social media, since then, the Catalans seem to want to calm spirits and say they are focused on their next goal: the comeback in the league (the club plays in Regional 1), with the next reception of Carcassonne next Sunday, this time at the Stade des Aloe. As for Hyères, its fans comment much more on the draw for the next round of the 32nd Coupe de France final, which put OM on the road for their own team. a”dream poster“according to Mourad Boudjellal, between the neighbors of Marseille and Var.
