After the incidents during the Coupe de France match at the Charléty stadium once morest Paris FC on December 17, Lyon supporters were banned from traveling until the end of the season. But this ban only applies to L1 matches of the Lyon club. On Sunday, a young Canet RFC supporter was assaulted during a match counting for the round of 16 of the Gambardella Cup once morest Olympique Lyonnais (0-2) which gathered 1,400 spectators at the Saint-Michel stadium in Canet-en -Roussillon.
“We welcomed a group of around fifty Lyon supporters, which was not planned, says Jordi Delclos, the general manager of the Canet club on France Bleu. During the match everything went very well, there was nothing to complain regarding during the 90 minutes. It was at the end of the match that the tension mounted. A 17-year-old Canet supporter was taken to task by a dozen Lyon supporters… because he was wearing a sweater in the colors of OM. “He got beaten up, he got mugged. Then they undressed him, they took off his sweater leaving him shirtless, and they took his personal belongings, ”continues the club manager.
The teenager had to be transported to the emergency room following receiving “blows in the back and in the neck”. His family will file a complaint. The Canet RFC club will file a handrail.
“Lyon had not organized any trip and will investigate the facts”
“A beautiful image tarnished by the lynching of one of our minor supporters at the end of the match by your supporters group. Our club cannot tolerate such actions and several complaints will be filed very quickly, ”said the club in a tweet, questioning Jean-Michel Aulas. The president of OL, according to France Bleu, called the manager of Canet.
“OL learned from the networks that a Canet supporter had been attacked by individuals and has just contacted the club manager for information. OL had not organized any trips and will investigate the facts. OL condemns all violence, ”wrote the Lyon club on twitter. For his part Jacques Cardoze, the director of communication of OM, reacted on the networks by strongly condemning this incident. “I am deeply shocked by this news and give my full support to this young boy in hospital,” he wrote.
