It is starting to become a bad habit in Ligue 1. In six days, two games have already been interrupted due to an invasion of the field. And the weak penalties don’t hold back anyone.
During the recent Nice-OM, the meeting could not resume and the match was given to replay. This Saturday, the match between Lens and Lille was interrupted for more than 30 minutes, but the police were able to resume control of events, and allow the game to continue. Despite this, the images are disturbing and provoke many rants. For many, the problem is general and must be tackled head-on, among the supporters, like the clubs which often protect them, and the instances which never strike very hard.
It will end badly
« Too much complacency for too long on the part of clubs, French football officials and the media. With the images it’s still easy to identify these assholes and ban them from stadium for life !!! “ thus balanced the journalist of RMC Frederic Hermel, for whom everyone is to blame. Especially, if these events continue to happen, it will end badly one day. This is what alerts Sébastien Tarrago, journalist for L’Equipe, and for whom the firmness coming from England must inspire in France before it is too late. “ The day when there will be a tragedy, a real one, the legislator will bear the responsibility. Should we wait for a disaster, as in England, to make strong decisions and individually empower the “supporters”, as in England? », Denounced Sébastien Tarrago, who knows that mentalities have changed in England since the years 1980-90. The tragic events of the past and the behavior of the hooligans which led the owners to drive out their most virulent supporters, including by drastically increasing the price of popular seats. To the detriment of the atmosphere, but for safety.
????️???? “If Nice had been penalized with a defeat against OM, do you think the supporters would have returned to the pitch?”
Kévin Diaz, thinks that the sanction imposed on Nice was not exemplary enough to avoid overflows in Lens #rmclive pic.twitter.com/9gw8Bolz4I
— After Foot RMC (@AfterRMC) September 18, 2021
In France, we are still a long way from these directives, especially since the LFP does not sanction clubs in an exemplary manner. The OM players were hit in Nice, and the Riviera club was entitled to a closed session and a penalty point. Suffice to say that Lens does not risk much despite the failures of its security and the absence of official condemnation. On its official website, RC Lens does not give up a word about the half-time incidents, and also removes the suspension of the match for more than 30 minutes in its report of the meeting, however more than 600 long. words.
Incident and ongoing lawn invasion at Stade Bollaert, incidents between Lille and Lensois supporters. #RCLLOSC pic.twitter.com/b5NJ3McWQA
— Remy Buisine (@RemyBuisine) September 18, 2021
No condemnation, no questioning, supporters who dictate their law in the clubs, and an LFP that is stuck, that’s not going to change things. This is what Vincent Duluc summarizes. The journalist from L’Equipe stresses that, after the very soft sanctions for Nice-OM, Lens does not risk much. ” The disciplinary committee of the LFP will be a prisoner of the soft jurisprudence of its decisions without courage after Nice-OM. No players affected or threatened in Lens, a match that ends without a problem, the penalties will necessarily be lower. And nothing will change “, Deplored Vincent Duluc, for whom the season of the return of the supporters on the ground starts all the same under bad auspices.
