France’s sports minister warned repeat crowd problems in Ligue 1 are putting the future of French football at risk, the French sports minister warned, after Sunday’s match between Lyon and Marseille to be Abandoned due to fan violence.
French Olympico got kicked out almost two hours after being suspended when Marseille’s Dimitri Payet was thrown from the stands of Groupama Stadium by a bottle.
Referee Ruddy Buquet let the players into the dressing room after Payet fell to the pitch as he was about to take the corner.
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Initially, the stadium announcer said the match would start again, at the discretion of the Lyon local government. This has been criticized by the League of France (LFP), which has called an emergency meeting of its disciplinary committee on Monday.
It will likely announce temporary sanctions pending a full investigation that could last at least two weeks.
Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu told France Info radio on Monday: “They have to come to an agreement, this kind of problem is for the federation to solve,” Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu told France Info radio. on Monday, her office later told Reuters that the sports and interior ministries would meet on the matter on Tuesday.
“People must understand that the survival of French football is at stake.”
Ligue 1 has been ravaged by fan violence this season.
Beautiful is attached to two points, one of which is suspended, after fatal crash in their game in August against Marseille, their players clashed with home fans, who threw rockets at them and stormed the field.
North derby between Lens and Lille was plagued by crowd problems in September, with the start of the second half delayed after rival fans hurled objects at each other before people ran into the field, prompting riot police and management must intervene.
There was also a mob of trouble in Montpellier, Angers, Marseille and St Etienne.
Maracineanu said the incidents were a threat to Ligue 1’s finances.
“We can’t allow a broadcaster that has bought the rights to hold a conversation for more than an hour like they did last night when we didn’t know if the game would continue, it’s a world where there are millions of euros she said.
“We helped the football world during the health crisis to allow fans to return to the stadiums, we cannot allow such things to happen.”
