Paris FC, forced by the French Federation to play its next five home matches away from its stadium, announced Wednesday to "
appeal
" this sanction imposed after incidents that caused the stoppage of the Coupe de France match against Lyon in December.
"
Unfair
" and "
too radical
", the suspension for five firm matches at the Charléty stadium, imposed by the disciplinary commission of the French Football Federation on December 27, risks "
distorting the Ligue 2 championship
", said the president of the Parisian club Pierre Ferracci, in a press conference.
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"
I hope that we will be heard as soon as possible
", he added, and "
that the higher appeal commission will find another way to sanction us, if necessary
".
Paris FC play their next home game against Le Havre on January 17.
Paris FC had also suffered, like Olympique Lyonnais, from the loss of the match and the elimination of the Coupe de France, in addition to a fine of 10,000 euros.
Two sanctions that the club does not dispute.
The meeting counting for the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, on December 17 at the Charléty stadium, was definitively stopped at half-time (1-1) after violent overflows had broken out in the stands and around the parking lot. Lyon supporters.
Two people, including a police officer, were injured.
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Since then, two Parisian “
ultras
” supporters have been arrested and will be tried for violence in meetings.
On Tuesday, the Paris police headquarters told AFP that it had notified eight supporters of an administrative stadium ban (IAS) for matches with Paris SG, Paris FC, Créteil Lusitanos, Red Star or PSG Handball.
Paris FC "
will be associated
" with these prosecutions, confirmed Pierre Ferracci, who said he was ready to take "
all that is useful as radical sanctions against these people
".
"
We have perhaps all a little underestimated the dangerousness of this match
," he admitted, including all the players in the security system.
"
Paris FC supporters are not part
" of these groups of "
ultras
", he insisted, calling "to
hit individuals very hard and to ask clubs to be demanding in the management of supporters, "
but to stop asking them the impossible
”.
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