A group of ultras Olympique de Marseille the bus was stoned this Sunday Olympics Lyon and his coach, the Italian Fabio Grosso, He was injured before reaching the stadium Velodromewhere both teams have to play a match corresponding to the 10th match day of Ligue 1 which had to be postponed due to serious incidents earlier.
Several windows of the bus were broken and Gross He emerged from the locker room tunnel with a bloody face. His assistant, Raffaele Longowas also injured in the eye and some of the Lyon players were hit by the coach’s glasses and hit by objects thrown by the Marseille ultras. Seven people were arrestedreported the head of the Bouches du Rhône police, Frédérique Camilleri.
“If the match does not take place, it is not the fault of the OM and OL fans who participated for the first time in the organization meeting. The fault lies with a few idiots, with a small number of unconscious people. Despite the double glazing, beer cans might have broken the windows,” Camilleri said in a press conference.
The owner of Lyon, the American John Textor, He assured that “at first our team wanted to play, but the situation was very moving and it was clear that the game could not be played. Our technician is unclear. I couldn’t speak, there were shards of glass in my face. A bus window exploded near Fabio Grosso. Once the moon was broken, other projectiles hit it,” he explained, referring “beer bottles”. The Italian coach suffered dizziness and multiple injuries, according to a source close to OL, and was taken to a hospital.
Lyon will file a complaint
Lyon issued a statement where he announced that he would be filing a complaint, confirming that six fan buses were also attacked, and criticized OM because “this situation repeats itself every year in Marseille.” “It also invites the authorities to check the severity and repetition of this type of incident before a bigger tragedy occurs.”
The president of Marseille, Pablo Longoria, was deeply saddened by the serious incidents caused by his club’s ultras. “We must avoid what happened to Fabio Grosso, coach of Olympique Lyonnais, it is completely unacceptable. This is something that can never happen in football. Only unconscious people… Unconscious people. Crashing a party, with a packed stadium, with 65,000 spectators. Even outside the stadium, this is unacceptable. “I’m angry, I’m really shocked by the situation.”
Source: La Verdad
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