By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 28 minutes ago, Updated now
A banner from Marseille supporters during a previous travel ban earlier in the season. Norbert Scanella / Norbert Scanella / Panoramic
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has banned the travel of Olympique de Marseille supporters for the Ligue 1 football match on February 4 against Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, according to a decree published Tuesday in the Official Journal.
This travel ban is justified by “a real and serious risk of clashes between supporters of the two clubs” during the meeting scheduled for 8:45 p.m. at the Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu.
On October 29, a Ligue 1 meeting between the two clubs was canceled due to the stones of the buses of OL players and supporters of this club en route to the Vélodrome stadium by Marseille supporters. Fabio Grosso, who was then OL coach, was injured in the face by shards of glass, along with seven other Lyonnais.
A ban so as not to take any risks
“On Sunday February 4, 2024 from 00:00 to midnight, individual or collective travel, by any means, of any person claiming to be a supporter of Olympique de Marseille or behaving as such, is prohibited between the municipalities of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, on the one hand, and the municipalities of Décines-Charpieu, Meyzieu and Lyon (Rhône), on the other hand”according to the decree published Tuesday.
In December, the Minister of the Interior had already banned a trip by OL supporters to Marseille for the match against OM rescheduled after the incidents of October 29, following which several investigations were opened by the public prosecutor’s office. Marseilles.
