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OM-PSG incidents: the league puts the case under investigation

OM has already been sanctioned twice this season by the LFP disciplinary committee for incidents in the stands, after the Nice-OM match on August 22 and the one in Angers on September 22. Since the OM is under the threat of a withdrawal of a point in the standings in the event of a repeat offense. The incidents that took place this Sunday at the Stade Vélodrome during the Classic against PSG raised fears of a heavy penalty for the Marseille club. And this is still the case this Wednesday evening after the disciplinary commission was held.

“In view of the incidents that occurred during the Olympique de Marseille – Paris Saint-Germain match (11th matchday in Ligue 1 Uber Eats), the LFP’s Disciplinary Commission decided to put the case under investigation. The decisions will be rendered at the end of the session of Wednesday November 17, 2021 during which the instructor will submit his report ”communicated the League this Wednesday evening while OM faced Nice in Troyes, for the replay of the abandoned match end of August.

This decision comes after exemplary judicial decisions, in the context of incidents that took place outside the stadium. Half a dozen supporters arrested Sunday evening after incidents in front of the Vélodrome stadium on the sidelines of the OM-PSG meeting were sentenced to terms of up to two years in prison, all accompanied by stadium bans, a- we learned Wednesday from the prosecution.

All banned from stadium for one year

The first period of the match was marked by incidents in front of the Vélodrome stadium, when “hundreds of people tried to enter” the stadium despite the doors closed, requiring the intervention of the police, explained the Prefecture. police on Sunday night. Tear gas had been fired and a commissioner had been wounded “in the face”.

In total, 21 people were arrested and 17 taken into police custody, prosecuted for degradation, rocket possession and violence or even insults or rebellions against the police. During the second period, a spectator also entered the field and approached Parisian Lionel Messi before being evacuated by several stewards.

Five defendants who admitted their participation in the incidents were tried on Monday. Three were sentenced to terms ranging from four months suspended to two years firm and the other two to fines. All were banned from the stadium for a year, said the Marseille prosecutor’s office.

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