In a press release published this Sunday morning, the Rhone club maintains its version of the facts. “Olympique Lyonnais recalls that the buses chartered by KOP Virage Nord supporters went to the correct meeting point for the police escort, where they were taken care of by the police, with, for some, a delay following a traffic accident during departure,” explains OL.
“For reasons yet to be determined, the police escort decided to pass seven Lyon buses among the eighteen Parisian buses gathered at the Fresnes toll booth, while for two months, all stakeholders had been working on the separation of the flow. »
A “clear mistake”
The club believes that this is a “clear error” and that “the violence broke out without the origin being clearly established”. He continues: “We hope that the video surveillance images will make it possible to trace all the facts. Several OL supporters were injured, notably by armed PSG supporters. A Lyon bus was set on fire after smoke bombs were thrown inside. »
The clashes, which caused the injury of 30 people and 8 police officers, pushed the club to become a “civil party for all the procedures that will be opened”. For its part, PSG believes that one of the drivers transporting the OL supporters wanted to take a shortcut and was not accompanied by the police escort.
2024-05-26 10:15:14
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