Clearly, the "
non-match
" of November 21 between the two Olympics is still a lot of talk.
Interrupted in the 4th minute for a bottle throw on Dimitri Payet, the meeting was definitively stopped following the decision of referee Ruddy Buquet.
If a first sanction has already fallen (total closed session of Groupama Stadium as a precaution), others should certainly arrive.
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The president of Olympique Lyonnais Jean-Michel Aulas does not cease to scramble to avoid his club too big disappointments (a game lost on the green carpet, as well as a withdrawal of points are possibilities).
While we deplore incidents almost every weekend on the lawns of Ligue 1, the strong man of OL would not understand that the Gones are more punished than the others.
"To be judged in the same way"
Jean-Michel Aulas
He spoke on Tuesday in
L'Equipe
with his football director Vincent Ponsot: "
We had a serious incident and we reiterate our wishes for a better recovery to Dimitri Payet, as well as our apologies as I did. already several times.
For us it is not a question of forgetting what happened, but of explaining that we are in a fundamentally different case from the other events at the start of the season, which are just as intolerable.
We would really like to explain why we cannot be judged in the same way,
”regrets the Lyon president.
"We are victims of an isolated act"
Vincent Ponsot
Words strongly supported by Vincent Ponsot: “
We are also victims in this affair. Sportingly, because this match was important to pick up the standings. Economically because our financial situation has been difficult since the Covid. And in terms of image, it's a disaster. We are victims of an isolated act. It is not an invasion of land. We should not be the victim of a general context and this is fundamental. How could we be sanctioned harder than the others without affecting the fairness of the competition? ”
, wonders the number two of OL.
While waiting for the long-awaited verdict, the Lyon staff is therefore preparing its defense and refusing to "
pay for the others
", even if it would be ready to assume "
a suspended point withdrawal
" so that there is no had "
no more such incidents."
The Rhone residents agree to be sanctioned, but not at any cost.
