The Professional Football League (LFP) announced Wednesday that it will only make its decision on the racist behavior of Lyon supporters at the Marseille Vélodrome on December 6, that is to say the date chosen for the match after its cancellation due to the stone crushing of the Olympique Lyonnais coach. “In view of the seriousness of the facts, the LFP Disciplinary Commission decided to put the case under investigation” with a potential decision rendered this Wednesday, recalls the League in a press release.
But, “after reading the investigation report, the Commission decides to put the file under advisement pending additional information,” she adds. “It will make its final decision at the end of the meeting on Wednesday December 6, 2023.” Songs and gestures of a racist nature on the part of Lyon fans present in the visitor’s park at the Vélodrome, on October 29, are the subject of an investigation opened by the Marseille prosecutor’s office, for “provocation to racial hatred and insults of a racial nature.”
These acts were added to the list of incidents which punctuated the evening. Before the match counting for the 10th day of Ligue 1, the OL bus, and those of Lyon supporters, were the target of projectiles, which notably injured Italian coach Fabio Grosso. The meeting was then canceled. OL appealed the LFP’s decision to play the match at the Vélodrome with the public on December 6, demanding a neutral venue.