On October 29, as OM prepared to face OL in a Ligue 1 match, the Vélodrome stadium was the scene of yet another outbreak of violence from supporters. Stoned bus, monkey cries, Nazi salutes, shameful excesses which led to the cancellation of the match a few minutes before kick-off. The image of Lyon coach Fabio Grosso’s bleeding face went around the world.
“We represent the shame of European football” Frank Leboeuf
For the former 98 world champion, what happened in Marseille tarnishes the image of French football abroad. The former international regrets that in 20 years, nothing has been done to keep violent, racist and homophobic people away from the stadiums. For him, who has experienced the euphoria of English stadiums – whose supporters’ stands are not separated from the pitch by a fence – what is happening in terms of security in English stadiums should serve as a model for France.
“A major cleaning has been done in England, it is time that we do the same thing here” Frank Leboeuf
According to him, the Anglo-Saxons take charge of all this violence very well and to eradicate the problems we are experiencing in France one of the things to do would be to “copy them” and apply heavy penalties to them. against violent supporters.Violence, homophobia and racism are recurring phenomena in football but what solutions can be found to put an end to them? do the clubs have their role to play in the attitude of the supporters? If for the Minister of the Interior, the responsibility of the supporters lies directly with the clubs, the senator from the North, and president of the socialist group in the senate Patrick Kanner – who believes that “we are all splashed by the blood” of Fabio Grosso – sanctioning the clubs is not justified. One of the ways of preserving football from all forms of violence would be, according to him, to “identify the supporters’ clubs and the face their responsibility. Describing the supporters, perpetrators of this violence, as “little idiots who take everyone else hostage”. The LFP disciplinary committee announced that it would not take “disciplinary action” for the stone-throwing on October 29 because the incidents ” produced on public roads. An investigation was also opened after racist chants and gestures from Lyon fans. The decision is expected on November 22. OM and OL should finally face each other on December 6, still at the Vélodrome stadium. A decision taken by the LFP “following the information and guarantees transmitted by the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture”, she explained in a press release.watch the show in its entirety here
2023-11-11 04:33:02
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