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"Racist", "Fragile attention", invasion ... When fans attack the homes of players and coaches

2023-05-04T11:16:11.440Z


As with Neymar Jr on Wednesday, the homes of players, coaches and club officials are increasingly the target of some supporters. A look back at the main incidents that have occurred in recent years.


The growl rumbles.

Dissatisfied with the results, and the management of the club, some supporters of Paris SG - pushed by the Collectif Ultras Paris - went to the home of Neymar Jr this Wednesday to ask him to leave... but in terms a little more raw .

Actions – to which must be added those which took place in front of the Factory, the headquarters of the Parisian formation – described as “

intolerable

” and condemned “

with the greatest firmness

” by the management of the Rouge et Bleu.

This is not the first time that a home of a player, a coach or even an executive has been targeted by fans.

A look back at some significant incidents that have occurred in recent years.

The degraded residence of Claude Puel: "Puel, don't let your son hang around" (2011)

May 2011. While Olympique Lyonnais, accustomed to success at the start of the 21st century with no less than seven French championship titles in a row, is not - for the third consecutive season - living up to expectations in the Ligue 1, Rhone supporters demand the resignation of Claude Puel.

Some of them are overstepping the bounds...by attacking his home.

On the night of May 20 to 21, on the eve of the match against Stade Malherbe Caen, the walls of his residence were tagged.

"

Puel resignation

", "

Puel releases

", can we read at the entrance.

These inscriptions are the least virulent.

Because others are insulting - "

Puel dirty whore

", "

We never forget dirty slut

- even threatening to his family.

"

Puel, don't let your son hang around

", is written - in reference to Suprême NTM's rap piece "

Let your son hang around

" - on one of the walls.

Claude Puel will finally be fired from Olympique Lyonnais on June 20, for serious misconduct.

Read alsoPSG: reinforced security in front of the homes of Neymar, Messi and Verratti

Yoann Gourcuff's house tagged: "Attention fragile fiote" (2015)

We remain on the side of Olympique Lyonnais.

Arrived in the Rhône in the summer of 2010, Yoann Gourcuff never had the expected performance at Les Gones, in particular because of his repeated injuries.

And these numerous unavailability earned him the anger of some of the Rhone supporters, especially since the club had invested heavily to secure his services (€22m excluding bonuses).

In 2015, to make their dissatisfaction heard, some of them found nothing better than to attack his house by tagging, on one of the surrounding walls, the inscription: “Attention fragile fiote

.

Yoann Gourcuff will finally leave Olympique Lyonnais at the end of the 2014-2015 season, free of charge.

Read also“Leaving the world of football did me a lot of good”: Yoann Gourcuff (finally) comes out of silence

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Didier Deschamps accused of being "racist" (2016)

May 12, 2016. Didier Deschamps announces his selection for Euro 2016, which is being played in France.

Neither Karim Benzema - bogged down for several months in the "sextape" affair nor Hatem Ben Arfa, author of a remarkable season with OGC Nice, appear in the list of twenty-three players selected.

In an interview with the

Guardian

, Eric Cantona suggests that "DD" did not select the two players trained at Olympique Lyonnais because of their origins.

A few days later, Karim Benzema said in

Marca

that "

Deschamps gave in under pressure from a racist part of France

".

In the aftermath, the 1998 World Champion's house in Concarneau was vandalized.

racist

», is it written on one of the walls.

Five years later, Didier Deschamps will again select Karim Benzema for Euro 2020 (played in 2021).

Read alsoFoot: Didier Deschamps sues columnist Daniel Riolo for defamation

Allan's House Overrun and Devastated (2019)

SSC Napoli are on their way to winning Serie A, thirty-three years after their last “Scudetto”.

Three and a half years ago, the situation of the Campania club was quite different.

In November 2019, the Azzurri went through a deep crisis, marked by poor sporting results and a revolt against President Aurelio De Laurentiis.

Fronde among others led by Allan, probably because of his aborted transfer to Paris SG during the previous summer transfer window.

Unforgivable for Neapolitan supporters.

The player and his wife are taken to task on social networks.

Insufficient for some "fans" who choose ... to invade and devastate the Brazilian's home while his pregnant partner is present inside with her children.

"

Last night I was terrified, people came into my house in broad daylight and created chaos by ransacking my children's rooms.

My children were terrified and crying

, she will explain on social networks.

We had been well received in Naples so far but people should not use false information to justify threatening family and children.

That's not football.

Allan will eventually leave SSC Napoli at the end of the 2019-20 season.

Read alsoSerie A: Naples must "not miss the final sprint", says Spalletti

"Cross the road", Roland Romeyer's call for suicide (2022)

The most recent incident dates back to last year, almost to the day.

In May 2022, when AS Saint-Étienne was on the verge of relegation - it will go down to Ligue 2 at the end of the season - the home of the president, Roland Romeyer, was targeted by acts of vandalism.

More specifically, one of the walls of his home is tagged.

Among the inscriptions, one can read: “

Cross the road

”.

A sentence that can be considered as a call to suicide, the Saint-Etienne leader living opposite a cemetery... A year later, Roland Romeyer is still at the head of ASSE.

Source: lefigaro

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