“It’s horrible to see such images. We don’t want to see them and even less want to see them again… Unfortunately, it happened,” breathes Didier Deschamps, who is not the only one to storm and be indignant after the deplorable incidents in Marseille on Sunday , before OM-OL. A match which was ultimately postponed, the Lyon players’ bus having been attacked, with coach Fabio Grosso and his assistant injured. The Rhone club is broadcasting new videos of this chaotic arrival near the Vélodrome.
We can clearly see a car stopping, intentionally or not, in front of the police escort, which has the effect of slowing down the convoy. There was also a projectile jet that was clearly captured by the camera that was located at the front of the bus. The Lyon club’s media assure that around fifteen projectiles hit the vehicle. We have also seen it on other videos which have been circulating since Sunday evening. “We’re going to talk about football through what happened… It’s not a good thing. But we must realize that it is not easy to have maximum security. When it happens, whether in Marseille or elsewhere, it harms the image that football should convey,” Deschamps continued this Monday, on the L’Équipe channel, on the sidelines of the Ballon d’Or ceremony. An image that is indeed very damaged…
