Expected in Monaco on Wednesday for the 7th day of Ligue 1, AS Saint-Etienne will be deprived of the Magic Fans. The group of supporters decided to boycott the trip to the Principality, whose health measures are considered excessive.
If the Magic Fans are not accompanying AS Saint-Etienne to Monaco on Wednesday, this time it is not because of a travel ban. Nothing prevents the group of supporters from going to the Stade Louis-II, provided they respect certain measures related to the health crisis: ” Health pass control plus identity control by stadium security. Health pass control plus identity control by the police. Total vagueness concerning distancing and the wearing of the obligatory mask in the stands “, Enumerated the association, which does not accept this treatment considered excessive. And who therefore decides to boycott the trip to the Principality?
“Additional restrictions and not at all necessary”
” It is obvious that these disproportionate restrictions go against our mentality and that we cannot accept them. After having studied for a long time the possible alternatives to get to the Stade Louis-II without having to undergo this set of constraints, we had to face the facts … It is therefore reluctantly that we announce that we are boycotting this match for which access to the stadium is akin to a real obstacle course », Indicated the Magic Fans.
” (…) As the Monegasque authorities are very clearly using the situation to impose additional restrictions that are in no way necessary, it is true to our values and our convictions that we will not suffer this difference in treatment of which we are once again victims. It is from afar and with a heavy heart that we will support the team. We will certainly not abandon our players and hope that, for us, they will return to Forez with the three points! », Concludes the press release.