No Marseille fans in and around the Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu (Rhône) on Sunday: see the “Olympico” poster empty visitors’ park for the fifth day of Ligue 1 between Lyon Olympiques (OL) and Marseille (OM) on Sunday, September 22. The resigned Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin decreed this with a decree published on Thursday. Official GazetteThe measure will come into effect from Sunday morning until midnight, “There is a real and serious risk of conflict between the fans of the two clubs.”.
Travel of OM fans according to decree “They often cause disruption of public order due to the violent behavior of some fans”and this “around stadiums and city centres of meeting places” during “Fight between fans”with “Violence against police or throwing fireworks, smoke bombs or agricultural bombs”.
It reminds us of the decree, this was the case at the meeting against the SCO in Angers in September 2021. “A lot of bullets were exchanged between the fans of the two teams” before “Violent clashes on the pitch occupied by fans of both teams and damage to stadium furniture”. “The seriousness of the incident” then there was “This led to the Professional Football League announcing that the visitors’ stands during OM’s travels will be closed until December 31, 2021”.
The resigning minister also said that some Lyon fans were talking during their home meetings “I have been regularly engaging in violent behavior for years.”.
The 2023-2024 season has been marred by serious incidents in the two clubs’ encounters: on October 29, the OM-OL meeting had to be cancelled after Marseille attacked a Lyonnais bus about two hours before kick-off. The Rhone coach at the time, Fabio Grosso, was seriously hit in the face by broken glass. Last season, fans clashed after the OL-OM match on Sunday, April 23, 2023 (1-2).
