In the front row when one of the Lyon supporters’ buses was stoned on the way to the Vélodrome, one of the drivers delivered some edifying confessions.
Ligue 1 is scandalized. The attack on the Lyon bus by Marseille supporters as it approached the Stade Vélodrome provoked strong reactions. Consequence in particular of the injury to the face of Fabio Grosso, who arrived at the stadium with a bloody face and was forced to have 12 stitches put in. While the match was finally canceled, Marseille and Lyon leaders expressed their indignation.
Among the Gones, the shock is immense. And all the more so since the Lyon players’ bus was not the only one to have been targeted. The same is true of one of the Rhone supporters’ buses and the story of one of the drivers of this bus in the columns of Progress perfectly explains the emotion caused by these events. “In each bus, there is a supporter manager who manages it. At the Lançon tollbooth, we were escorted by an armada of CRS and gendarmes, he said. It was via radio that we learned that the players’ bus had been stoned. The police ordered us to stop the bus. We waited a little less than an hour, and when we finally got back to the stadium, the first of the four buses leaving from the Rhône-Alpes region began to stone. »
And according to the bus driver, “the action was carried out by people wearing hoods and OM and South Winners scarves.” “My driver’s side window was shattered,” he continued. We were able to head into the underground car parks reserved for supporters. There, we no longer feared anything. The supporters went into the stands. Members of the Professional Football League came to take photos, and at 10 p.m., I was still waiting to find out when I would be able to bring ‘my’ supporters home. »
