OL general director Vincent Ponsot fears that his club will be held responsible for the match in Marseille not being held last Sunday.
What will happen to this Marseille-Lyon? The question still remains unanswered even though the meeting did not take place on Sunday evening at the Stade VĂ©lodrome. A postponement decided due to the incidents which preceded the meeting, and in particular the stone-throwing of the OL bus, which caused significant injuries to coach Fabio Grosso.
The location of the incidents makes the situation complex, as Vincent Ponsot explained this Tuesday evening on OL TV. “The league’s position is that, as the facts are external to the stadium, it is not responsible. The commission must therefore define whether OL, which refused to play, is responsible for postponing the match.warns the general director of the Rhone club.
For OL, it is inconceivable to be held responsible for this postponement, and Les Gones’ desire is to play this match, if possible on neutral ground. “There is no question that we lost the match, explains Vincent Ponsot. What we want is for the file to be processed. If it is, the conditions to play at the VĂ©lodrome are not met, so we cannot play in Marseille. Security must be guaranteed. »
Generally speaking, Lyon’s leaders want to hold the public authorities accountable for their responsibilities while the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, assures that the police have done their job well, which is difficult to hear. “The representatives of the public forces tell us that everything went correctly, the league says that it is not its responsibility, and we have a coach with 12 stitches, a group that is marked, recalls Ponsot. There have to be consequences. »
Vincent Ponsot: “There is no question that we lost the match. What we want is for the file to be handled. If it is, the conditions for playing at the VĂ©lodrome are not met , so we cannot play in Marseille. Security must be guaranteed.” pic.twitter.com/0gRyafVTjD
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