Tensions on the sidelines of the derby between OL and the Greens. Nine supporters of AS Saint-Etienne were injured, including three hospitalized after a brawl with their Lyon counterparts on Saturday evening in the center of Lyon, we learned Sunday from sources close to the investigation.
“No interpellation took place” during these brief but violent clashes, said the same source, confirming information from L’Equipe. A blatant investigation was entrusted to the departmental public security department (DDSP) of the Rhône.
Videos of the confrontation broadcast
It was through a press release published on social networks that the Magic Fans, one of the two ultra groups of ASSE supporters, announced Saturday evening that they had “invested in the center of Lyon” to protest against the decree which forbidden, for the seventh consecutive year, to travel on Sunday to attend the derby.
“So, to you who have the ambition to ban us, contemplate the stupidity of your decree,” they wrote in their statement. Several videos of the clashes were posted on social networks.