Match interruptions are increasing in Ligue 1. After the controversy launched at the beginning of January by Luis Enrique, who believed that referees “only stopped matches in Paris”, a new match was briefly stopped. The referee, Mr. Letexier, interrupted the game for two minutes, in response to chants from the two corners of the Groupama Stadium.
For several minutes, the Lyon supporters sang a classic from their repertoire: “the Lille people are sluts”. After consulting the delegate, François Letexier asked the speaker to convey the message to stop these chants.
The regulations followed to the letter by Letexier
The giant screens also displayed a message of appeasement, reminding us that “insulting songs are prohibited within the stadium”. Which did not calm Lyon’s enthusiasm, quite the contrary, while the singing resumed with a vengeance.
It was only after another long minute that they stopped, while Benjamin André was talking with the referee. The Lille captain seemed to demand that play resume, while Letexier followed the rules and waited. The game finally resumed after two minutes and the Lyon ultras switched to another song, less insulting and more partisan.
