The video does not fail to react on social networks.
On this one, the referee of the meeting between FC Melun and Entente Bagneaux Nemours, in the second district division, is physically attacked by several individuals at the Paul Fischer stadium in Melun.
The local club's reserve team receives the Entente Bagneaux Nemours for a mid-table match, in the second district division, with no real sporting stakes for Melun.
The visitors, in the fight for maintenance, lead 4 goals to 1. The match becomes tense for the first time after the exclusion of a player from FC Melun.
It degenerated completely after a bottle was thrown on the lawn and the stoppage of the premature match whistled by the referee of the meeting, according to Cédric Guilloso, the president of the club, present on the scene at the time of the facts.
“
At this time, several supporters invaded the lawn.
The technical staff of the two teams immediately positioned themselves around the referee
, ”says the president to
Figaro
.
"
It was not the red card that triggered this event
," he insists, while completely exculpating any involvement of the players or the staff of the Entente Bagneaux Nemours.
“A minute can seem like an eternity”
The sequel is immortalized by a video, which went viral in a few hours on social networks.
The referee of the meeting, attacked by several individuals, is accompanied to the locker room by several members of the Melun club, including Cédric Guilloso.
“
Sometimes a minute can feel like an eternity.
There, I lived it,
he laments
.
This way to the changing rooms, I usually do it on foot.
But there, it seemed very long.
»
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Throughout the video, the referee does not flinch and simply protects himself to avoid receiving blows.
So as not to aggravate the situation even more, surely too.
A behavior that welcomes Cédric Guilloso.
“
The referee had extraordinary composure.
He put himself in a bubble.
Just by looking at himself, he felt our support.
He remained standing.
He was not sweating the state of shock.
He was like someone who has just finished a match
, ”he explains.
Once the man in black was brought to safety in the locker room, those present at the stadium, players and supporters alike, quickly left the scene before the police arrived half an hour later.
Since the release of this video, the player was sentenced to death immediately
Cédric Guilloso, president of FC Melun
Cédric Guilloso wants to take a step back from the information issued by
France Bleu
, according to which the excluded player "
called his friends for revenge
".
“
Since the release of this video, the player has been sentenced to death immediately, while we at the club have no proof of this
,” he explains.
The victim filed a complaint and the investigation will determine the circumstances of this attack.
Another referee attack in the Lyon region
In the meantime, Cédric Guilloso, president of FC Melun for 6 years, regrets that this event and 45 seconds of videos “ throw away
the values that we are trying to instill in our children
”.
“
Especially because of individuals outside the association
,” he adds.
This event echoes the aggression of another referee, in the Lyon region, who reportedly had his nose broken after a blow from a player from one of the two teams during the Regional 2 match, La Côte-Saint -André – Trinité Lyon, according to information from Le
Progrès.
A very sad weekend for amateur football in short.