The Prefecture of the Loire has published a decree prohibiting the arrival of Lyon supporters for the derby against Saint-Etienne scheduled for Sunday, October 3.
In the aftermath of the multiple excesses during the Angers-Olympique de Marseille, Metz-Paris Saint-Germain and pre-match Montpellier-Bordeaux matches, the Prefecture of the Loire published on Thursday a decree prohibiting the arrival of Lyon supporters for the derby scheduled for Saint-Etienne on Sunday October 3.
A singular history
In this decree, the prefect of the Loire points to the antecedents between the supporters of the two teams, in particular during the meetings dating from February 5, November 5, 2017 and February 9, 2020 where Lyonnais and Stéphanois had faced each other in the center -City of Lyon.
This decree is valid from October 3 at 8 a.m. until October 4 at 6 a.m. During this period, “It is forbidden for any person claiming the quality of supporters of Olympique Lyonnais or behaving as such to access the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium and its surroundings”, indicates the Prefecture of the Loire.