The League took two precautionary measures after the incidents that occurred Wednesday during the Angers-OM match.
After the excesses that enamelled the match between Angers and Marseille on Wednesday, the League’s disciplinary committee decided to put the case under investigation and took two protective measures. After the final whistle, some Marseille supporters had left the parking lot reserved for visitors, destroyed equipment, and tried to attack fans from Anjou.
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The Coubertin stand at the Raymond-Kopa stadium is closed pending a trial. In addition, OM’s visitors’ parking lot during away matches is also closed pending the delivery of the LFP. This decision takes effect for the Lille-Marseille match scheduled for this Sunday at 5 p.m. The League indicates that the decisions will be rendered at the end of the session on Wednesday, October 6.
“A classic and stupid scheme”
At the end of the match, OM’s communications director said: “It starts from the Angevin tribune with fingers of honor and firecrackers that were sent from the Angevin side. It’s a bit of a classic, silly scheme on one side and the other. It’s stupid on both sides, you don’t have to respond when provoked and no one has to provoke. I don’t want to accuse anyone.»
RC Lens on Thursday advised its supporters not to go to Marseille for the Ligue 1 match against OM on Sunday, in view of the security conditions “not guaranteed“, The prefecture of police of Bouches-du-Rhône defending for its part a”suitable safety device». «Following the last exchanges with the prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône, the security conditions are not guaranteed“, Indicates the club in an email received by fans of the Blood and Gold.”Following discussions with the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture, the club notes that the travel conditions of its supporters do not offer absolute guarantees of safety.“, He then developed in a press release.
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