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Ligue 1: four people in custody after the Montpellier-OM match

2021-08-09T09:59:17.100Z


Four people were in custody Monday the day after the Montpellier-Marseille match, which had to be interrupted, two for throwing projectiles ...


Four people were in police custody Monday the day after the Montpellier-Marseille match, which had to be interrupted, two for throwing projectiles and two for threats against Marseille supporters, we learned from police sources .

Two Montpellier supporters aged 17 and 24 were arrested on Sunday and then placed in police custody following throwing projectiles and in particular a bottle which hit the OM replacement player Valentin Rongier, the departmental management indicated on Monday. of public security in Hérault.

"

Valentin Rongier had a big cut in the mouth and could not come into play,

" said OM coach Jorge Sampaoli after the match won 3-2 by the Marseillais.

A bottle was also thrown from the Étang de Thau stand, those of the local ultras, in the Marseille penalty area when the Héraultais Florent Mollet was preparing to take a corner (89th).

These incidents led the referee to interrupt the match for ten minutes.

In addition to these two arrests, two other people aged 23 and 36 were taken into custody after threatening Sunday evening, at the exit of the stadium, two Marseille supporters to steal their football shirts, said the police. Herault.

This derby was played in a stadium subject to a maximum capacity of 13,500 seats (out of 22,000), decided by the prefect of Hérault due to the active circulation of the coronavirus in the region.

It coincides with the return of supporters to the stadiums, after seven months behind closed doors.

Source: lefigaro

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