A group of Olympique Marseille ultras stoned the Lyon bus and its coach, the Italian Fabio Grosso, was injured, before the vehicle arrived at the Vélodrome stadium, where the duel that closes the tenth day of Ligue 1 must be played (8:45 p.m.). The severity of the incidents forced the suspension of the crash.
Another chapter of shame in French football.
The Lyon bus, stoned in Marseille
Lyon coach Grosso injured
His fans’ bus, destroyedYou let the ultras roam freely and what happens happenspic.twitter.com/zVwsgpogMZ
— Jonathan M. (@Jonathanmartnz) October 29, 2023
On the way to the Marseille stadium, radical fans of the local club threw objects at the vehicle. The bus windows burst and the coach was one of the main victims. Grosso appeared through the tunnel towards the locker rooms with a bloody face after being hit. He was treated in the locker room. He was later seen with his left eyebrow and head bandaged.
His assistant, Raffaele Longo, was also injured in the eye and some of the Lyon players were hit by the vehicle’s windows and hit by objects thrown by fans, making the match unfeasible.
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The bus was practically unusable. and he will have to be replaced to evacuate the Lyon expedition, which is in crisis, as bottom of the League. Marseille is also not experiencing good times due to poor results. Almost all the windows on the bus were broken. due to the effect of stones and objects thrown at the vehicle.
“This is unacceptable,” said Pablo Longoria, the president of Olympique de Marseille, who confessed “angry” and “dismayed” for the serious incident that led to the suspension of the match. “This has no place in football or in today’s society,” added the Spanish leader, regretting the events that happened “outside the stadium.”