Fans lit pyrotechnics
Source: AFP / BERTRAND GUAY
There were riots in the stands during the cup match between Olympique Lyon and FC Paris. There were fights, spectators stormed the square. The game was not continued after an interruption of around 50 minutes.
IIn France, crowd riots caused a football game to be abandoned with the participation of Olympique Lyon. The cup match between the second division club FC Paris and the team of the former Bundesliga coach Peter Bosz was only interrupted for around 50 minutes shortly after the start of the second half on Friday evening when the score was 1: 1 and then the whistle was not restarted.
The reason for this was fan riots in the stands – pyrotechnics were ignited, there were fights. Numerous spectators stormed the square to get to safety.
“The second half will not continue. The game is definitely over, ”said Lyon on its website. The Parisians took the lead in the 7th minute through Gaetan Laura at the Charlety Stadium. Moussa Dembele equalized for Lyon in the 44th minute. Ex-world champion Jérôme Boateng was not in the Lyon squad, the former Bundesliga players Julian Pollersbeck and Xherdan Shaqiri only sat on the bench.
Lyon was hit by an abandonment in the recent past. On November 21, the game between Olympique Lyon and Olympique Marseille was canceled after Marseille player Dimitri Payet was hit in the head by the throwing of a full water bottle from the Lyon fan block.
Similar incidents in France
There have been similar incidents in French football stadiums since the start of the season. On August 22nd, Payet was already the victim of a bottle throw. In the game at OGC Nice, he was hit in the back and then threw the bottle back towards the audience. This was followed by a storm of space from Nice supporters and scuffles with players and supervisors.
The game that was canceled was made up for on neutral ground (1: 1). Nice had to play a ghost game. A month later, fans at the north derby between RC Lens and champions OSC Lille caused the game to be interrupted by riots.
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