On Wednesday, Olivier Letang, the president of Lille, wanted to put pressure on the different political and sporting authorities. A week after the incidents during the pre-match against Lyon, Lille is in fact the first team to travel to the Vélodrome to face OM during the 11th day of Ligue 1, Saturday (9 p.m.).
In a letter addressed to the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône Frédérique Camilleri, with a copy, the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, to the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, to the president of the LFP Vincent Labrune and to the president of the OM Pablo Longoria, Olivier Letang had asked for guarantees in terms of security and the “certainty that the physical integrity of our delegation and our supporters is completely assured”.
“I am waiting for the measures that will be taken and the assurance of the protection of our delegation and our supporters before confirming our trip,” added the LOSC boss. 250 Lille supporters had planned to make the trip.
Comments that could have threatened the holding of the match? The discussions which took place during the day of Thursday between the different actors apparently reassured the Lille leaders.
The team and its supporters will travel to the Vélodrome stadium on Saturday, as the club confirmed in a press release this Thursday evening.
“LOSC has been informed by the Bouches-du-Rhône Prefecture of all the supervision measures and reinforced security measures deployed in order to guarantee the smooth transportation and security of the official Lille delegation as well as its supporters. moving to the Vélodrome stadium, indicates the northern club. LOSC takes note of these decisions and wants to be confident about the size and effectiveness of the exceptional measures necessarily taken by the authorities. Football and the field must regain their rights and LOSC will travel to Marseille with the intention of playing a very good football match against OM and its supporters. »
