Twenty-five years after the Furiani stadium disaster – which left nineteen dead on May 5, 1992 – Parliament definitively adopted, this Thursday, a bill long demanded by the families of the victims of this tragedy: No more professional football matches will be played on May 5 in France. The Senate voted by show of hands the text carried by the Corsican deputy Michel Castellani adopted by the National Assembly in February 2020.
Then coach of the reserve team of SC Bastia, Frédéric Antonetti was at the Furiani stadium on May 5, 1992. “I experienced it live, it’s very special,” sighs the Corsican technician. “No longer playing a game is a very good thing. This was the wish of people who suffered greatly from this tragedy. We must respect the people who have been touched in their flesh. “
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“It could have already been done by the League or the Federation …”
“Yes, that the deputies and senators take this decision, it is a good thing”, continues the coach messin. “But, unfortunately, we had to wait for a law! We had to get to that when it could have already been done by the League or the Federation… ”
For more than twenty-five years, the collective of victims and their families, who demand this ban, have indeed had to face the reluctance of the LFP and the FFF, worried about the organization of their competitions.
As a reminder, on May 5, 1992, part of the provisional stand of the Furiani stadium had collapsed before the kickoff of the Coupe de France match between Bastia and Olympique de Marseille. Nineteen people were killed and 2,300 others were injured.
“The principle is to say that this May 5, there is a tragedy”, concludes Frédéric Antonetti. “Football must be a party. Do we have a party on a tragedy day? No ! “
