The French Government has banned the movement of fans of eight French clubs for matches of Ligue 1 and of French Cup this weekend, after the incidents in which some of them have been involved in recent months.
In a decree published this Friday in the Official Gazette, the Ministry of the Interior indicated to the clubs that fans cannot participate in the trips of their teams, which are Lens, Girondins de Bordeaux, Nimes, Auxerre, Nantes, Olympique de Lyon, Reims and Olympique de Marseille.
The Ministry states that only this proposal can “avoid all serious risks to the safety of people and property” that it considers to exist taking into account the background described in its decree.
“From the beginning of 2023 and the season of the League and the French Cup, the movements of football club fans are often the source of incidents of public order due to the violent behavior of some of them,” he pointed out. before making a detailed description.
The last straw was the death last Saturday of a fan of Nantes in that city in the context of some confrontation with fans of Nicewhich is the visiting team.
Before that, on October 29, the match between Marseilles and the Lyon after the latter club’s bus was stoned. His trainer, Fabio Grosso, He was hit and suffered facial injuries.
Source: La Verdad
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