President of the Professional Football League (LFP), Vincent Labrune broke his silence four days after the incidents that occurred in Marseille before the OM-OL match. The match will take place on December 6.
Four days later, he came out of silence. Vincent Labrune, president of the Professional Football League (LFP), spoke this Thursday, November 2, about the serious incidents that occurred in Marseille before the OM-OL match on October 29. The leader first confirmed the postponement of the meeting to December 6, before announcing an exceptional referral to the disciplinary committee. He also took the opportunity to regret the communication from the LFP on the evening of the incidents.
“I asked yesterday, under Article 4 of the disciplinary regulations, that the disciplinary committee be referred to on an exceptional basis so that the file can be processed in its entirety, and in particular in order to evaluate the areas of responsibility in the conditions of access to the Stade Vélodrome”, declared Vincent Labrune, according to the transcription of The Team.
“The first press release was a little too factual and laconic”
“However, I can recognize that the first press release on Sunday evening (from the LFP, editor’s note) was a little too factual and laconic. Conversely, the general director Arnaud Rouger made a firm condemnation and a clarification very clear around these dramatic events the next day”, added the leader, estimating that “when the general director of the LFP speaks, it is the LFP which speaks as a whole”.
Vincent Labrune also claimed to have spoken to Fabio Grosso, who was seriously injured when the Olympique Lyonnais bus was stoned. Specifying: “The acts of which he was a victim are extremely serious and intolerable, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that their perpetrators are prosecuted and convicted.”