After several minutes of confusion and an announcement to the contrary, the match was definitively suspended almost two hours after the incident.
The incidents that occurred on Sunday in the match of the 14th date of Ligue 1 between Lyon and Marseille, for which the local team was sanctioned this Monday as a precautionary measure with the closure of the stadium, are added to a list full of altercations this season in the Gallic championship.
August 8: Object launch in Montpellier
First date, first incidents. The derby between Montpellier and Marseille degenerated in the stands late in the game.
Marseille player Valentin Rongier was hit in the head by a bottle while celebrating a goal with his team. Later the game was interrupted by new launches of objects. After 12 minutes of confusion it resumed and ended with victory for the Marseille team.
On August 25, the French LFP’s disciplinary committee decided to close the two main stands of the events at the Montpellier stadium for three games.
August 22: clashes in Brittany
After the Breton derby between Rennes and Nantes (1-0), several fans of the two teams staged an attempted confrontation.
According to the images disseminated on social networks, there were no exchanges of blows.
Two men will be tried in March 2022 for violence against a law enforcement officer.
22 August: invasion of the pitch in Nice-Marseille
One of the most shocking scenes took place in the Mediterranean derby between Nice and Marseille, corresponding to the 3rd round of Ligue 1.
With Nice leading 1-0 in the 75th minute, the altercations began as Marseille player Dimitri Payet prepared to take a corner.
After suffering the impact of a bottle of water, the player returned it towards the stands of the Nice ultras, some of which reacted by invading the pitch.
After more than an hour and a half of interruption, the game was permanently stopped, with the Marseillais refusing to resume play.
On September 9, the disciplinary commission withdrew two points from Nice (1 conditional) and decreed the closing of the doors of its stadium for three games.
The game was played again on October 27 in Troyes behind closed doors (1-1).
September 18: fight at Lens-Lille
At half-time in the Northern derby between Lens and Lille, several dozen Lens fans invaded the pitch to challenge their Lille counterparts who were in the grandstand set up for them, and from which they threw several seats.
The altercation resulted in six minor injuries and a delay of half an hour in the start of the second half.
Lens were sanctioned with two games behind closed doors, while Lille will not be able to be accompanied by their fans in away games until December 31, 2021.
September 22: “ambush” in Montpellier
Before the match between Montpellier and Bordeaux, a bus of Girondins fans fell into an ambush organized by Montpellier ultras. The brawl that took place resulted in 16 minor injuries.
September 22: blows after Angers-Marseille
In Angers, after the match against Olympique de Marseille (0-0), several dozen Marseille fans caused damage to the stadium before private security imposed order.
For these incidents, Marseille was sanctioned with one point less but conditionally.
October 22: incidents against Saint Etienne-Angers
The match between Saint Etienne and Angers started an hour late at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium. Several incidents broke out at the time of the field draw, with several local ultras invading the pitch and causing damage to the goal nets.
Insulting banners were also displayed towards the local coach Claude Puel, the leaders and the players of the ‘Greens’, who on that date occupied the last place in the table.
The ASSE was sanctioned with a game behind closed doors (carried out against Clermont) and with the closure of two stands for two games.
October 24: anti-LFP typho and flares at Marseille-PSG
The Olympique de Marseille fans sent a message to the French Professional Football League (LFP) that night before the start of the game, with an immense ‘LFP MERDA’ displayed in the Vélodrome.
The tifo, installed in the North Bend of the Vélodrome, was deployed as the two teams jumped onto the pitch. In the other part of the stadium, several flares were lit.
After the game, Dimitri Payet regretted the throwing of objects from the local stands.
The LFP’s discipline commission sanctioned the local club with a game behind closed doors for these incidents. A sanction that will be served against Troyes on November 28.
November 21: Payet beaten, Lyon-Marseille interrupted and then permanently suspended
The match of the 14th date between Lyon and Marseille was interrupted in the 5th minute of play on Sunday, after Dimitri Payet was hit in the face by a bottle of water thrown from the stands. After several minutes of confusion and an announcement to the contrary, the match was definitively suspended almost two hours after the incident. (D)
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