by The descent into hell Olympique Lyonnais It can be a reality if you continue down this path. Current last classified in Ligue 1 UberEatsThe Lyon team faces this Wednesday what under normal conditions would be one of the most even matches in the competition, the Olympique de Marseille – Olympique de Lyon (9:00 p.m., Stade Orange Vélodrome), although it is not the best time for Marseille, which occupies ninth position in the table, six points behind Europe.
What it will be, without a doubt, is a high risk match, something that does not change in Marseille. The match is the one postponed by that fateful October 29, when the visiting bus was attacked and stoned upon arrival at the Marseille stadium with all kinds of objectshitting one of them in the face of the then coach, Fabio Grosso, who was visibly injured and covered in blood.
Fabio Grosso, coach of Olympique de Lyon, is attentive after being attacked by the ultras of Olympique de Marseille. / LIGUE 1 / AMAZON PRIME
his helper, Rafael LongoHe was also injured in the eye and some of the Lyon players were hit by objects thrown by local radicals.
In France, the press advocates “giving way to football to forget a chaotic night.” On this occasion, coincidentally, the Italian coach is not on the bus that will take the same route to get to the Vélodrome, since the Los Gones board decided to do without him a few days ago due to the team’s dynamics. After only seven games in charge, his dismissal has made him the shortest-lasting person in charge in the history of the entity.
What will accompany the ‘Lions’ is a bus without symbols of its team lined with an anti-impact layerand one a wave of police officers as well as a riot cordon who will want to appease the sky blue tide that will also wait for them at the door. The team has also stayed at another hotel, the location of which has been kept secret..
Regarding the resolution of the case, The LFP reported that the “incidents” occurred in a public space outside the stadium, so they could not sanction Marseille., and declared the club “not responsible.” Lyon appealed the decision, but Marseille did not end up receiving any sanction. The only sanction came from the civil court, which imposed a four-month prison sentence on a 22-year-old man who was recorded during the incidents.
The match, in fact, will be played without visiting fans due to the high risk of riots.. In any case, the bloody face of the Italian coach will continue to be the symbol of a match that turned into a fiasco, and the symbol of a sporting rivalry that has transcended into visceral hatred.
