Lyon players file complaint after Bastia fan attacks
Print Edition
THREE Lyon players have filed police complaints after being attacked by Bastia fans during Sunday’s Ligue 1 match.
Sunday’s clash was called off at half-time with the score at 0-0 after fans of the Corsican side twice invaded the pitch and attacked Lyon players.
“Anthony Lopes, Mathieu Gorgeline, Jean-Philippe Mateta filed a complaint against persons unknown for violence at a sporting venue,” Bastia’s public prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said, confirming a story published on RMC Sport.
Midfielder Jordan Ferri and a club doctor were also interviewed, although Bessone said that the former “didn’t want to file a complaint”.
An investigation has been opened but no one was arrested at the Armand Cesari stadium.
A hardcore section of home fans had targeted Lyon’s players as they warmed up before the game, causing it to be delayed by more than 50 minutes, and then again as the two sides went in at half-time.
Bottom-of-the-table Bastia is likely to have points deducted for the latest trouble involving it supporters. It was punished in February over racist abuse directed at Nice striker Mario Balotelli while the Nice team bus had its windows smashed.
It was the second time in four days that Lyon had been caught up in fan violence.
Its Europa League home quarterfinal against Besiktas last Thursday was delayed by 45 minutes following another pitch invasion by Lyon fans trying to escape projectiles and firecrackers being thrown at them by the Turkish side’s supporters in the tribune above.
Lyon is 4th in French Ligue 1, 19 points behind third-placed Nice, and can’t secure a top-3 finish. Monaco tops the table with a 3-point lead over PSG.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
