The stone-throwing of the Lyon bus by Marseille supporters and the injury to Fabio Grosso’s face are very damaging to Ligue 1, according to Pierre Ménès.
Sad Sunday evening in Marseille. While Olympique de Marseille hoped to confirm their renewed form against Olympique Lyonnais, the meeting was canceled. The fault lies with certain Marseille supporters who violently stoned the Lyon bus as it approached the Stade Vélodrome. Two windows shattered, causing an injury to Fabio Grosso’s face, who was forced to have 12 stitches.
After half an hour of discussions between the different parties, François Letexier, the referee of the match, decided not to play the match. A logical decision for the leaders of the two clubs and all observers. “ Grosso’s images are absolutely terrible. VSThese are obviously extremely serious facts which led to the only possible and honorable decision to postpone this match,” thus estimated Pierre Ménès, who did not hide his concern as the Olympic Games are to be held next summer in Paris: “From the moment a team travels to a city, security must be ensured. It’s still not possible that a few months before the Olympic Games in Paris, that we won’t have to organize a trip for an opposing team! »
“I sincerely hope for him that he will recover without too many after-effects. We are perplexed by so much stupidity, so much hatred, he continued. I wouldn’t want to extrapolate but without kidding, let’s look at what’s happening in the world at the moment… Do we need to unleash hatred for a football match? What is the point of the people who did this while Lyon is in agony? How can we give them “a chance” to be able to postpone this match and be able to return to Marseille in another state of form within a few weeks? This is extremely worrying. »
The former Canal+ consultant now hopes that the perpetrators of these actions will be found and heavily punished. “Sanctions must fall”he thundered, believing that French football was in dire straits: “ One more step has been taken. We are even further than the firecracker of the Montpellier supporters on the Clermont goalkeeper. I see the supporters’ associations who spend their time making summary proceedings to ask for more freedom for supporters… Obviously, French football is taking a huge step backwards with this terrible and extremely sad story.»
