Ligue 1: Dimitri Payet calls for "cleaning up the stands" of French stadiums

This is a problem that particularly affects him.

Dimitri Payet, present in the typical team of the Ligue 1 season distinguished during the UNFP trophies on Sunday, took advantage of the platform offered by the traditional award ceremony for French football to speak about the violence in the stadiums.

A recurring problem for the French elite this season.

“I repeated myself many times.

We have seen things in our championship, perhaps the best of the last twenty years, which are unfortunately unacceptable, dropped the OM attacking midfielder at the microphone.

We players and leaders can and must fight to clean up our stands to make sure football is a party and everyone is safe.

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“We, actors and leaders, must fight to clean up our stands and make football a party”

💬 Dimitri Payet pic.twitter.com/C1uSUhNZbb

— the chain L'Équipe (@lachainelequipe) May 15, 2022

In August, Dimitri Payet was hit by a bottle during a match in Nice.

The 35-year-old French international had returned the projectile, angering ultras from Nice who had invaded the lawn.

One of them had kicked the Marseille captain.

He has since been given a one-year suspended prison sentence.

In November, the former West Ham midfielder received a new bottle during a match in Lyon.

Both encounters were interrupted and replayed later.

An open letter in December

In December, Dimitri Payet published an open letter in the columns of Le Monde.

“I want to stay dignified, unlike those who hinted that after all I shouldn't be

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Or, and sometimes they are the same, those who wanted me to take my place on the field after taking a bottle in the face, he wrote.

In fact, I was hurt as much by the bottle as by the impression of being responsible for the violence and the stoppage of the match.

I say stop!

Tired of it.

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After a turbulent start to the season, ultras have recently been talked about again on Wednesday in Nice.

Several supporters of the Riviera club sang an ironic song about the accidental death of Nantes player Emiliano Sala during the reception of Saint-Étienne.