The disciplinary committee of the French Football Federation will open a procedure following the “alleged racist incidents” that occurred during the Nancy-Red Star match, Wednesday in National, the body announced Thursday in a press release. The Federation “also wishes to join the AS Nancy-Lorraine complaint procedure against the alleged troublemaker(s), added the FFF.
After the draw (1-1) between the two teams, Red Star coach Habib Beye denounced Wednesday evening on Canal+ microphone “mimes” and “monkey cries” against several of his players . “When I have three of my players who come to see me and say to me: ‘Coach, they are miming monkey noises and all that’, for me it is unacceptable,” declared the Parisian training technician. “We let things like that happen in the stadiums (…). I have people who tell me today that we must not make things worse, that these are things that are like that. has in fact trivialized all these situations,” said the former Senegalese international.
“Revolting”
The Lorraine club reacted Thursday noon in a press release, indicating that it had spotted the culprit: “After viewing video surveillance images last night, the club identified an individual, whose identity remains unknown for the moment. A procedure was carried out immediately opened with the help of the police authorities present on site.” The ASNL “does not want to be associated in any way with the behavior of individuals who have no place in a football stadium”. A position shared by the FFF, which added that it was “determined to combat racist behavior observed in football, with the greatest firmness and severity”.
But Nancy’s leaders did not appreciate certain statements from Habib Beye: “ASNL would also like to point out that it will not accept any comments about it which would suggest that the club is turning a blind eye to this type of behavior “, insisted the leaders of the team currently 14th in National. Red Star also expressed its indignation in a press release released Thursday morning: “The racist actions of which our players were victims last night are detestable and revolting.”
“We will also contact the French Football Federation and the competent authorities by providing them with the visual and audio evidence we have to defend our players, our honor and our values,” specifies the club operating in the Paris suburbs of Saint-Ouen. .