A victory, beautiful, on Montpellier (5-2), but a fracture, clear, with the supporters.
This is the summary of this Saturday for Olympique Lyonnais.
“
The attitude of the supporters towards us is very disappointing
,” said Moussa Dembélé, the Rhone striker who scored on the 34th day.
“
They are there to support us and motivate us.
This year, they hurt us a lot with the loss of a point and the elimination on green carpet in the Coupe de France.
It's disappointing to have people like that around a football field
, "continued the Franco-Malian striker, considering however that it was"
a minority
of supporters.
OL had a point deducted by the Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League due to the incidents against Marseille on November 21, where Dimitri Payet was hit in the face by a bottle of water thrown from the stands.
The match was replayed behind closed doors on February 1 and Lyon won 2-1.
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Previously, Lyon had lost on green carpet their 32nd final of the Coupe de France against Paris FC (L2) at the Charléty stadium in Paris.
The match was stopped on December 17 due to violent incidents between fans in the stands.
Lyon and the PFC both had lost matches.
"
I am very sad about the attitude of the supporters, because our team was able to win a match that was not so easy
," said President Jean-Michel Aulas.
“
It's an important victory and a game that ends well for OL.
The reaction of a small part of the public is regrettable.
I intervened on the microphone to say to stop insulting the players
, ”continued the OL boss.
"
Supporters incur costs to come but this does not give full rights.
(...) If this were to continue, I would prefer to leave.
Football is not that
”.
Saturday against Montpellier, the ultra supporters took a dislike to the other striker Karl Toko-Ekambi, yet a scorer and passer, while Houssem Aouar, also targeted by some fans, scored twice.
