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After the incidents of Wednesday evening between supporters of ASSE and OM, the boss of the fight against hooliganism admits that Geoffroy-Guichard is a real cause for concern.
The violence of the confrontation between Ultras of AS Saint-Etienne and Olympique de Marseille at the gates of the Cauldron not only provoked a muscular intervention by the CRS, but above all put the dossier of the l ‘travel ban during certain Ligue 1 matches. Without even trying to establish responsibility for this violence, the boss of the fight against hooliganism admits that Saint-Etienne is starting to settle in the column of high-risk stadiums. At a press conference, Antoine Mordacq acknowledged that the Cauldron was starting to boil too much.
And the head of the National Division of Fight against Hooliganism to put the feet in the dish. ” There are issues specific to Saint-Etienne, which are also found in other cities. But Geoffroy-Guichard is one of the most complicated stadiums to manage by the number of incidents, by the number of ultras concerned by these incidents, and by litigation with several major clubs in the territory. It’s one of the few clubs and stadiums that we watch much more closely than others due to these repeated incidents “Said Antoine Mordacq, who recalls that travel bans are the only responses that have proven effective.