The 38-time international of France got a filled bottle full against his ear in the fourth minute, when he bent to lay the ball well at a corner. The fan who threw the bottle has since been arrested and kicked out of the stadium. The stadium speaker of Olympique Lyon, the club of trainer Peter Bosz, has asked the supporters to behave for the rest of the evening in the ample hours that the game was still at a standstill. Failure to do so will result in the match being permanently abandoned.
The stadium in Lyon remained full for a long time, but for 75 minutes there was nothing to see on the field. Subsequently, especially parents with children decided to start on the way home late on Sunday evening. Referee Ruddy Buquet planned to stop the match, but in consultation with the French Football Association, he decided to resume the match.
Earlier this season, Payet (34) was also pelted by the fanatical supporters of OGC Nice, causing that match to be stopped and played again in an empty stadium at a later time.
It is already the fifth time this season that a match of Olympique Marseille has been temporarily halted or stopped altogether. Payet was therefore already twice the victim, but recently Neymar was also pelted all evening during Paris Saint-Germain’s visit to the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille. Three days ago, Olympique Marseille was already told that the stadium will have to remain empty next week for the home game against Troyes.
Supporters of the home side threw objects on the pitch several times on October 24 and one supporter even ran across the pitch after PSG player Lionel Messi. Marseille ran the risk of being deducted a point for the events, but it remains a game without an audience against Troyes.
Around the match against PSG, 21 people were arrested, including for causing damage and insulting and harassing police officers. Prison sentences of up to two years have been handed out.
Marseille has already been involved in matches this season where things went wrong in the stands. For example, during the match against Angers, fans climbed into the box with supporters of the opponent. On a visit to OGC Nice, the game also completely derailed, although that was mainly because supporters of the home team stormed the field.
It also went wrong in a European context, against Galatasaray. The Marseille supporters then threw torches at supporters of the Turkish club. French football this season – also at other clubs – is ravaged by riots.
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