The president of Lyon, Jean-Michel Aulas, spoke of “
an isolated act
” to explain the stoppage of the OL-Marseille match on Sunday at the Parc OL, and attacked the referee, Ruddy Buquet, who took "
Only the decision not to resume the meeting
".
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The OL-OM shock was interrupted after Marseille playmaker Dimitri Payet was hit by a water bottle thrown from the north turn of the stadium.
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After a first announcement of resumption of the game, a second confirmed the final cessation of the game.
“
On the end of the match, from the moment there is an unfortunate incident, why not.
What caused trouble was that after a meeting of 45 minutes to an hour, with the regional prefect, the DDSP (Departmental Directorate of Public Security, Editor's note) and the Prosecutor, the decision was made. to resume,
”pleaded Mr. Aulas.
“
We gave instructions at the stadium to get things going again.
The referee summoned the captain and coach of both teams.
OM's reaction was extremely vigorous and without informing anyone, the referee thought that his decision had to be changed
, ”said the president of OL.
"
He summoned the presidents in front of the same people present at the meeting and the referee considered that for the safety of the players it was better to stop
", he reported, presenting "
his apologies to Dimitri Payet who took a bottle on his head and who was shocked at least psychologically
”.
“
The individual, arrested and in custody now, had nothing to do here because he was not a member of supporters' groups.
There was no way to repeat this incident afterwards.
That's why the first decision was to restart the game,
”explained Mr. Aulas.
"
What is very unpleasant for the 56,000 spectators and televiewers is the duration of the debates and especially the about-face, in front of the League and the representatives of the State, of the decision which belongs to the arbitrator, as It's always like that.
The prefect never made the decision,
”insisted Jean-Michel Aulas.
