At the microphone of RMC Sport this Tuesday, the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra once again addressed the question of “violence around football” which “is expressed outside the stadiums”, in her own words. Three days earlier, a Nantes supporter died during a brawl on the sidelines of the Ligue 1 match between FC Nantes and OGC Nice (1-0). On October 29, the Olympique Lyonnais bus was stoned while arriving at the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille, and coach Fabio Grosso was injured in the head.
On Sunday, Oudéa-Castéra spoke with Vincent Labrune, president of the Professional Football League (LFP). “A radical situation requires radical measures,” she expressed Monday on France Inter, thinking that “when the match presents a risk, we must stop the movement of supporters.” A hypothesis which took shape a little more after his remarks this Tuesday.
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“With Vincent Labrune, we say to ourselves today that we really need to have a moment like a moratorium on these fan movements, so that there is a collective awareness, a start, and a shared will to deal with the situation,” Oudéa-Castéra told RMC. “This must not cut us off from the supporters,” she stressed, however, because “dialogue is very important”.
Contacted by RMC Sport on Monday, Vincent Labrune also spoke of “radical measures” to “allow fans and families to come freely to a show, which must remain a celebration above all”. The president of the LFP also said he was in favor of “banning the travel of supporters”, which would be “the best way to restore the situation in the short term” according to him. This Wednesday, Lyon supporters are banned from traveling to Marseille for the late match of the 10th day of Ligue 1 between OM and OL.
