Supporters from Monaco, Lille, Le Havre and Brest who have the soul of travelers can consider themselves lucky. They will be able to follow their team away this weekend, respectively in Rennes on Saturday, in Clermont, in Strasbourg and in Metz on Sunday. The Ministry of the Interior has banned the travel of fans for the five other matches of the 15th day of Ligue 1. A decision which also concerns three matches of the 8th round of the Coupe de France organized on Saturday, while French football is experiencing a resurgence violence.
According to the decree signed by Minister Gérald Darmanin and published in the Official Journal, these matches present a “real and serious risk of clashes between supporters”, in the context of “exacerbation” of “increasingly serious” violence. .
Three Ligue 2 clubs affected in the Coupe de France
In Ligue 1, the supporters concerned are those of RC Lens for the match in Montpellier this Friday, FC Nantes in Paris on Saturday, Stade de Reims (in Nice), TFC (in Lyon) and OM (in Lorient ) Sunday. In the Coupe de France, the decree targets the Angoulême – Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne – Nîmes and Troyes – Auxerre matches scheduled for Saturday.
On Tuesday, Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra said she was in favor of “a moratorium on fan travel” by December 18, after the death last weekend of a Nantes fan during a an altercation with Nice supporters, for which a VTC driver was indicted and imprisoned on Monday.
On October 29, a match between OM and Olympique Lyonnais was canceled and postponed due to the stones of the buses of OL players and their supporters, en route to the Vélodrome stadium, by Marseille supporters. Former OL coach Fabio Grosso was injured in the face. Nazi salutes and monkey cries were then reported in the visitor parking area of the Vélodrome stadium.
After the incidents of October 29, several investigations were opened by the Marseille prosecutor’s office.