While some voices are being raised to demand an outright ban on supporter travel in Ligue 1, the Minister of Sports is calling for “radical measures” after the death in Nantes this weekend.
And now what to do? After the death of an FC Nantes supporter on Saturday evening on the sidelines of the Canaries’ victory against Nice (1-0), some voices are being raised to demand a total ban on the travel of supporters in Ligue 1. As a reminder, this It was because Nantes supporters attacked vehicles carrying Nice fans that a VTC driver obviously stabbed a member of the Loire Brigade to death.
For Daniel Riolo, there is no other question to ask. “After the incidents in Marseille (October 29 against Lyon, editor’s note), I asked if a death was needed to finally make the right decision? The dead man is there. What are we doing? We continue? In truth, we shouldn’t be talking about Ligue 1 matches this weekend. We are with a dead man on our hands, noted the editorialist on RMC. It’s sad to say it but we must stop the travel of supporters. It’s over, stop, we’ll bury the idea. We are incapable of managing that in France because we have a public of savages and a public authority which has other things to do than manage savages. »
“We need a global response”
Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castera was questioned about this tragic event this Monday morning on France Info, and she also pleads for a very strong response.“I spoke at length with Vincent Labrune, the boss of the Football League, yesterday (Sunday). He shares my distress. (…) It’s just not possible to continue like this. We need a global response. Radical situation, radical measures”, she advocates.
“When the match presents a risk, we must stop at the movement of supporters, adds the minister, categorically. It is essential to have a time of return to less violence. It’s just not possible that we have law enforcement that is so overstretched, property destroyed, buses stoned, people injured and now a dead person. Basta, that’s enough! We are going to take the initiative with the Minister of the Interior (Gérald Darmanin), with the Minister of Justice (Éric Dupond-Moretti), with the Professional Football League, the Federation of Clubs… We need a global and extraordinarily determined response . »
