The demons of violence are resurfacing in basketball. Indeed, the Joseph Gaye stadium of Saint-Louis was the scene of a real intifada between supporters which finally put an end to the meeting between the women’s team of Saint-Louis Basket Club and that of ASC Ville de Dakar. counting for the semi-final second leg of the Women’s Play Off.
Beaten in the first leg by ASC Ville de Dakar (60-44), the SLBC wanted at all costs to win the return leg and impose the “beauty” on the Dakar players. And it started pretty well for the Saint-Louisiennes, who dominated the first two quarters 11-10 and 23-22. But in the second half, the young SLBC players completely lost control of the game by missing easy baskets. Taking advantage of the clumsiness of their opponents, the ASC Ville de Dakar team will come back into the game thanks to the skill of Couna Ndao and Fatoumata Django. But this beautiful duel between the two teams on the teraflex of the stadium Joseph Gaye will finally be spoiled by the violence of the supporters.
It all started with the vuvuzelas banned by the Senegalese basketball federation, but used in the stands by supporters of ASC Ville de Dakar. To this, SLBC supporters responded with a concert of pans. With the absence of law enforcement (no police, only four ASPs), the violence rose to a crescendo with the throwing of stones, sachets of oil, sachets of water and all sorts of objects. The referees who observed a beat of 45 minutes, finally decided to stop the match while ASC Ville de Dakar was leading (48-36).
Auteur: Babacar SENE (correspondent) Saint-Louis) – Seneweb.com
