Police take finger prints within the Lyon team bus that was attacked exterior the Velodrome Stadium previous to the French League One match between Olympique de Marseille and Lyon in Marseille, France, on October 29, 2023.
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Lyon coach Fabio Grosso suffered a head injury because the team bus got here beneath assault from fans throwing projectiles, forcing the postponement of the French league soccer sport at Marseille on Sunday.
The team bus was hit on the way in which to Stade Velodrome, shattering some home windows. Grosso was injured by falling shards of glass and wanted medical therapy along with his face bleeding closely. Lyon assistant coach Raffaele Longo was additionally injured.
Grosso suffered a deep reduce above his left eye that required stitches and a big bandage wrapped round his head.
“Our team (had) decided they would play,” Lyon president John Textor advised Amazon Prime Video. “I’m obviously proud of the captain, proud of the players, for wanting to do that.”
Lyon modified its thoughts when extra particulars about Grosso’s situation emerged.
“It was emotional. We have a coach who’s got blood coming out of his head, he’s got pieces of glass stuck in his head,” Textor mentioned. “I couldn’t have a conversation with him. It looked like he had a concussion. At that point, our team was mixed. They said, you know, it’s not an emotional, physical game. It’s a tactical game, and this is not the way football should be played. As the night went on, I think our team supported the decision of the referee.”
A couple of minutes before the scheduled kickoff time at 1945 GMT, a message on the large display screen at Stade Velodrome mentioned: “Dear supporters, the game will not be played tonight.”
“Lyon didn’t want the game to be played,” referee Francois Letexier advised a information convention. “We also applied the protocol, which states that the game shouldn’t be played when a party is injured and his participation is compromised because of this physical assault.”
Ten years in the past, fans from Marseille and Lyon fought in a violent brawl after assembly one another by likelihood at a service station forecourt after touring to and from their respective video games. The bloody conflict left 17 injured, and the environment has been tense ever since once they play one another.
Marseille president Pablo Longoria mentioned Sunday’s assault was unacceptable.
“What happened to Lyon coach Fabio Grosso must be prevented. It’s completely unacceptable,” Longoria advised Amazon Prime Video. “I’m angry. I’m really upset by the current situation. It shouldn’t happen in football or in society.”
Grosso scored the successful penalty kick for Italy within the shootout victory over France within the 2006 World Cup closing.
Both golf equipment have been beneath stress these days.
Despite changing Marcelino with Gennaro Gattuso as coach in September, Marseille continues to be exhibiting poor type with one win and three losses in its final 4 league video games.
Gattuso went to verify on his former Italy teammate within the locker room.
Lyon is the one team nonetheless winless within the league. Replacing Laurent Blanc with Grosso as coach in September hasn’t paid off for Lyon, which sits in final place.
