Olympique Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais were due to play in the tenth round of Ligue 1 on Sunday, but the match was postponed after the visitors’ bus was attacked by fans and coach Fabio Grosso was injured. As a result of the incidents, Lyon announced that he would file a complaint.

Olympique Lyon will file a complaint after Marseille fans attacked the team bus

The French professional league postponed the match after the incidents that happened almost an hour before kick-off at the Stade Velodrome.

Stones were thrown at Lyon’s bus and several windows were broken. Coach Fabio Grosso emerged from the coach with a bloody face, while second-in-command Raffaele Longo was hit in one eye.

“On Sunday evening, at the entrance to the Velodrome stadium, several persons violently attacked the coach of the Olympique Lyonnais team, as well as the staff and players. Six buses with Lyon fans were also targeted. Similar attacks have happened before, each time Olympique Lyon regretted, but on Sunday, October 29, the situation changed to a new level.

Several closed windows were broken by heavy shells of an unknown nature. The same projectiles got inside the bus.

Coach Fabio Grosso and his deputy Raffaele Longo were hit directly and suffered serious facial injuries in the attack. The players and staff on board the coach were also deeply shocked by the brutality of the attack, which Olympique Lyon strongly condemns.

At first, as the OL representative noted at the beginning of the crisis meeting, the coach and players, encouraged by their courage, wanted the match to take place.

The OL representative was later informed of the physical condition of Fabio Grosso and his assistant Raffaele Longo, much worse than expected, as well as the negative medical report and the psychological state of the players. He then announced a change in the situation, stating that it would be impossible to play the match.

Considering the seriousness of the situation and the incident, the prefect and the referee decided not to play the match on Sunday, which Olympique Lyon fully understands, in a context in which the game was clearly impossible to play. The club will file a complaint in the coming days and will support anyone who wants to do the same.

“Finally, Olympique Lyonnais regrets that a similar situation is repeated every year in Marseille and asks the authorities to take into account the seriousness and recurrence of this type of incident before an even more serious tragedy occurs,” the statement said. press release of the Olympic Lyon club, according to News.ro.

Olympian Marseille condemns the behavior of the fans: “A handful of unconscious”

On the other hand, Olympique Marseille condemned the behavior of the fans responsible for the “unacceptable incidents” on Sunday night and clarified that it will comply with the decision of the French Championship.

“Olympique Marseille regrets the unacceptable incidents that took place near the Stade Orange Vélodrome, in which the coach of the professional team and the Olympique Lyon fan buses were targeted.

The club wishes coach Fabio Grosso of Lyon a speedy recovery and strongly condemns this violent behavior, which has no place in the world of football or in society.

Because of a handful of passed out people, the party planned for that evening was disrupted, and 65,000 fans were deprived of attending a football game.

The club is complying with the decision made by the Professional Football League and is ready for the match scheduled for Sunday, October 29 to take place at the Stade Orange Velodrome as soon as possible and in the best possible conditions.” – Olympic Marseille.