The Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP), meeting on Wednesday, sanctioned Olympique de Marseille with a match behind closed doors for the incidents that occurred during the classic against PSG at the Vélodrome on October 24. Projectiles had notably been launched at Parisian players.
The Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP), meeting on Wednesday, sanctioned Olympique de Marseille with a match behind closed doors for the incidents that occurred during the classic against PSG at the Vélodrome on October 24. After two weeks of investigation, the disciplinary committee finally decided to inflict a match behind closed doors on the Olympian club, which will be the one against Troyes on November 28 according to OM. Contacted by AFP, the club did not wish to comment on the committee’s decision. Already sanctioned for excesses of its supporters in the visitor parking lot during a match in Angers on September 22, OM risked a one-point withdrawal in the standings in the event of a repeat offense.
During the meeting of the 11th day of Ligue 1 (0-0) between OM and PSG, projectiles were notably launched at the Parisian corner shooters in the first period and a spectator entered the lawn in the 72nd. minute. Outside the stadium, 21 people were arrested for other incidents. Half a dozen had been sentenced to terms of up to two years in prison, all accompanied by stadium bans.
Same penalty for AS Saint-Etienne
In addition, the committee decided on Wednesday to go completely behind closed doors at the Saint-Etienne stadium (a sanction already served as a precautionary measure during the meeting between the Greens and Clermont), after the incidents that occurred at Geoffroy-Guichard during the match. against Angers on October 22 (2-2). The Saint-Etienne supporters had caused the kick-off of the match to be postponed for about an hour, in particular by throwing smoke bombs which had damaged the goal nets.
In addition, the club was forced to close the Paret and Snella stands at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium for two matches. He also receives a two-game closure from his visitor parking lot. The first of these two matches has already been purged as a precaution during the meeting played by the Stéphanois in Metz.