The spectator, author of monkey cries at the end of the National match between Nancy and Red Star on Wednesday, was identified by the Nancy club, which banned him from the stadium for five years and filed a complaint, announced Friday ASNL.
“We identified the author, he handed himself in to the police,” declared Nabil El Yaagoubi, deputy general director of the Lorraine club. “We are going to ban him from the stadium for five years thanks to the Larrivé law”, which gives clubs the possibility of refusing the sale of tickets to certain spectators who are not yet banned from the stadium, and which they will be able to file electronically.
The spectator in question was identified thanks to the video surveillance cameras at the Marcel-Picot stadium. “We have only identified one person, we have the images. There is only one individual who was arrested. We made calls for witnesses, we have not received any feedback that tells us otherwise. The Red Star players also identified an individual who was making gestures,” continued Mr. El Yaagoubi. “The procedure now is no longer with us, it is with the courts. We filed a complaint at the police station,” he concluded.
Nancy’s public prosecutor, François Capin-Dulhoste, indicated to AFP on Thursday that an investigation was underway into these facts, entrusted to departmental security.
The disciplinary committee of the French Football Federation will also open a procedure on this matter, the FFF announced Thursday evening.
“The author or authors of these despicable actions (Wednesday) evening at Marcel-Picot will be found, and will no longer have their place in a stadium,” also reacted the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on the social network (ex-Twitter).
The meeting between Red Star, National leader, and Nancy, 14th in the ranking, ended with a draw (1-1). The incident occurred after the match, when the Red Star players went to greet their supporters.
