Cup of France: Paris FC-Lyon definitely stopped after incidents in stands

During the break, several fumigebies were launched at the edge of the parking of the Lyon fans.

Le Monde with AFP

While the second period was about to start, the 32 e between the Paris-FC and Lyon disputed at the Charlety Stadium in Paris was definitely arrested on Friday 17 December by incidents in stands.

During the break, several fumigebies were launched at the edge of the parking of Lyon fans. Two agricultural bombs also exploded. The police were deployed in the parking and in an adjoining tribuna. Spectators of this forum then descended on the lawn to move away from the place of incidents, preventing the recovery of the match. The referee and the players then returned to the locker room.

Ten minutes later, the public had returned to the tribune after the intervention of the police and stadiers and the call for the calm of the speaker. But at 22:25, the meeting still had not taken over, as well as the show the images of the Eurosport France channel .

Around 10:50 pm, it was finally decided that the match would be definitely stopped. Both teams were 1 to 1.

🔴 The match between Paris FC and OL is currently interrupted after incidents in the stands! … https://t.co/qjskv3ke4f

– eurosport_en (@Eurosport France)

long series of incidents

These incidents, the last of a long series in the French stages since the beginning of the season, intervene in the aftermath of an interdepartmental meeting on violence in the stadiums, to which Thursday took part in professional football leaders . She has led to several reforms and reflection tracks.

A match will be “systematically and definitely interrupted” when a player or arbitrator will be injured by a projectile launched from the stands, “said the Government in a statement, after a meeting with the representatives of the French football. In the event of an incident in a stadium, a crisis cell does not understand the presidents of the clubs concerned will also have to pronounce in thirty minutes on the fate of the meeting.

The sale and port of plastic bottles – including the Marseillais Dimitri Payet was a victim at a meeting between Marseille and Lyon, November 21 – will be prohibited in football stages “no later than 1 Er July 2022 “, Adds the Communiqué. In addition, the Ligue 1 and League 2 clubs will all have to set up “antiprojection security devices”, such as safety nets, from the 2022-2023 season, installable for certain games on prefects.

On Wednesday, the LFA Discipline Commission suspended the President of Olympique Lyonnais, Jean-Michel Aulas, for five firm games because of his “behavior” during the OL-OM meeting. The officer had asked for the resumption of the game by asserting his membership of the FFF Executive Committee with the Senior Referee, itself employed by the Federation.

/Media reports.