The match was abandoned after the 23rd minute on Friday June 2. The Professional Football League announced a meeting of its disciplinary committee on Monday.
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Ihe Bordeaux-Rodez match, decisive for the outcome of the 38th and last day of Ligue 2, was definitively stopped on Friday June 2 after the attack on Rodez striker Lucas Buades by an intruder who entered the lawn, announced the match referee.
“During the celebration of the Ruthenian goal, a spectator entered the field and came to attack, violently push a Ruthenian player,” said the referee at a press conference. “The elements are conclusive, the player cannot resume the meeting since concussed. We have respected the regulations, namely that the match will not resume, ”said Nicolas Rainville at a press conference, while the Girondins were playing for a possible recovery in Ligue 1.
Buades was treated for three minutes before returning to the locker room in turn when his team had just opened the scoring in this decisive match for the rise on the Girondin side, for the maintenance on the Ruthenian side. The referee indicated that the player had been examined by both his club doctor and the emergency doctor on duty.READ ALSOThe Monday tackle – Violence in the stadiums: France is still dropped
“The club strongly condemns this gesture, write the Girondins in a press release. He intends to defend his rights. He will file a complaint against this supporter. For the rest, we enter into a meeting and we will consult on the follow-up to be given. »
Meeting at the LFP on Monday
This decision could spell the end of the Girondins’ ambition to return to Ligue 1, a year after leaving the elite: on this final day, the Bordeaux club had to win and hope for a misstep from Le Havre or Metz, respectively first and second before this final day, to win his ticket.
This new incident sends French football back to its worst demons after a 2021-2022 season punctuated by numerous overflows in the stands, in particular a throwing of a plastic bottle that targeted Marseille midfielder Dimitri Payet during a stormy OL-OM match. The Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League had decided to withdraw a point from OL, and to replay the match behind closed doors, at the Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu.
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The Professional Football League announced the holding of a meeting of its disciplinary committee on Monday. “The LFP Disciplinary Committee will meet on Monday to study the follow-up. The LFP strongly condemns this act of violence against a player and wishes a speedy recovery to Lucas Buades,” the LFP said in a statement.