Martin Lange, edited by Philippe Folgado // Photo credit: Christophe SIMON / AFP
The images of Fabio Grosso in blood, injured by shards of glass after the Olympique Lyonnais bus was crushed, went around the world and did not fail to provoke reactions. To remedy his violence, Gérald Darmanin plans to ban supporter travel more often.
Nearly 30 days of ITT for Fabio Grosso. The image of the OL coach’s injury, who needed 30 stitches right down to his eyelid, sends shivers down the spine. On Sunday, he was injured by broken windows after the Olympique Lyonnais bus was stoned by Marseille supporters, despite the presence of 500 police officers that evening. For the Minister of the Interior, one of the solutions to remedy this problem would be to ban fan travel more regularly.
“More broadly, the question of security around a stadium arises”
This is one of the measures favored by prefects to avoid excesses. On Sunday evening, exceptionally, the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture authorized 600 Lyon supporters to come to the Vélodrome stadium, the result of consultation lasting several weeks. But according to Pierre Barthélémy, lawyer for the supporters’ associations, the visitors are not responsible: “whether Lyon supporters were traveling or not, it was the players’ bus that was affected. So more broadly the question of security around the area arises. of a stadium, regardless of the visiting supporters or not.
However, some Lyonnais also distinguished themselves: monkey cries, Nazi salutes… Behaviors which must be severely punished, according to the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra: “for these idiots who spoil the party closely of 70,000 people, that’s a judicial ban on stadiums for five years.” The identification and stadium ban for troublemakers is also the solution favored by supporters’ associations who nevertheless recognize that banning travel can be a solution, but to be used sparingly and for matches at high risks.