Ten days after the incidents in the stands during the 32nd Coupe de France Paris FC-Lyon, the disciplinary committee of the French Football Federation (FFF) decided on Monday to give the two teams a lost match. The two clubs, now eliminated from the Coupe de France, are also fined (10,000 euros for Paris FC, 52,000 euros for Lyon). The PFC will not be able to play at home in its next five games.
The bill is a little saltier for OL. In addition to the fact that its supporters will not be able to access the visitor parking lots until the end of the season, the club is also suspended from the Coupe de France suspended for the 2022/2023 edition and will have to reimburse the costs related to the repair of the damage caused. by his fans. The affair makes at least one happy, the OGC Nice. Designated opponent of the winner of this match, the Aiglons are directly qualified for the knockout stages of the competition.
Their officials were heard by videoconference by the committee throughout the day. On December 17, the match was stopped at half-time (1-1) at the Charléty stadium due to overflows. Smoke had been launched around the Lyon supporters’ parking lot and fights broke out in the stands, leading to crowd movements and the deployment of the police, who came to lend a hand to the stewards. Spectators from the stand near the incidents then descended on the lawn to get away from the danger. Videos posted on social networks also attest to racist gestures on the part of some Lyon supporters. Two people, a supporter and a policeman, were injured. Two ultra Parisian supporters were arrested for meeting violence and placed under judicial supervision on Tuesday, December 22.
Ragpickers battle
Since then, the two clubs have not wanted to take responsibility for the events, their representatives even engaging in a battle of ragpickers, each announcing to file a complaint. The boss of Gones, Jean-Michel Aulas, had underlined “resshared responsibilities ”, while promising sanctions “Extremely severe against all [supporteurs] that will be identified ”. The Lyonnais, but also those coming from “Parisian region”, he had pointed out. Response raised, in the team, of his Paris FC counterpart, Pierre Ferracci, who was accused of having underestimated the security needs: “These groups are so well organized that it’s impossible to prevent.” And to accuse the OL boss of “delirium[r] completely” and to tell him to “Calm down those fanatics.”
For Lyon, this is the second meeting definitively stopped this season after the one against Marseille in Ligue 1, on November 21. The throwing of a full water bottle on the Marseillais Dimitri Payet, already targeted earlier in the year by object throws during a match against Nice, and the stoppage of the match after a few minutes had earned OL the withdrawal of one point in the standings. The meeting will have to be replayed behind closed doors.