Came with their 6-year-old son who was wearing an OM jersey, the couple was attacked during the match by receiving “spitting, insults, beers thrown in the face”, detailed this Saturday on social networks Alicia Mahé, the woman of the victim, an account confirmed by several journalists present nearby. Suffering from a “heart attack” in the stands, the victim was then taken care of by the emergency services, said Ms. Mahé, who also criticized the late reaction of the security staff to intervene: “thank you to the incompetent stewards who did not did nothing because it was not their platform”.
When Ismaïla Sarr opened the scoring, “we showed that we were happy. It was then that we suffered a surge of violence from certain individuals who were in the next gallery, the Loire tribune, ”she said on BFMTV on Sunday. Her husband then fell ill shortly before half-time and was “evacuated by ambulance”, she added, pointing out that “some supporters even took selfies in front of the ambulance in which my husband was being resuscitated.”
The couple and their child were installed in the Océane tribune, near the Loire tribune, where the Nantes ultras sit. Stewards were only deployed along the gates of the Loire stand at the start of the second period, a journalist present on the spot confirmed to AFP. FC Nantes told AFP on Sunday that it condemned “in the strongest terms the unacceptable violence committed against an OM supporter family during the Nantes-Marseille match on Friday evening”. The club adds “that a complaint will be filed on Monday” after analysis of CCTV images.
Olympique de Marseille “strongly condemns these intolerable actions”, reacted to AFP the club, testifying “its support and solidarity” to the family. “The Disciplinary Committee will take up the case,” said the Professional Football League (LFP).
In June, a young sick child supporting OM and his family were attacked by Ajaccio fans during a Ligue 1 match at the François Coty stadium. Three supporters of the Corsican club appeared before the Ajaccio court at the end of August for this attack and they will know their sentences on September 8.
