Point (s) or not (s)? Closed door or not in camera? Since 126th derby, April 20, the subject returns to all discussions around an ASS-OL that will be a date (2-1). But also in all the debates on the future of the Greens in Ligue 1.. Even if they were relaunched by the three points obtained against the rival, the Stéphanois quickly understood that the isolated act of an individual could cost the club very expensive.
No closure of stands
Wednesday evening, two weeks after opening an investigation for this thorny file, the disciplinary committee decided in favor of ASSE, simply sanctioned with a removal of a suspended point. In conclusion, no direct impact in the classification, already quite unfavorable like that for the Greens. Two small days from the end, they therefore remain ordered to win their last two games in Reims on Saturday (9 p.m.), then against Toulouse on May 17, to hope to win a dam*. Or even a direct maintenance, if Nantes were to take no point on the last two days, knowing that the Canaries will finish with the reception of Montpellier…
This lenient decision thus punctuates a story that no one could charge to ASSE. It had started just before the half-time of this derby, when Mehdi Rahmouni, assistant referee located on the Henri-Point side, near the North Kop, received a room on the skull. It was a priori rather intended for an OL player than an official, but we could immediately think that the repercussions would be serious, with in memory the withdrawal of a point in Lyon for a bottle jet on Payet (2021). Unlike the match there, the derby resumed, 45 minutes after the interruption whistled by François Letexier. With the same arbitral trio, while everything was done to challenge the faulty individual.
Present in Paris to defend the interest of ASSE, Jean-François Soucasse and Samuel Rustem (as well as the security manager Cyril Ferrier and the club lawyer) therefore won the case for this part of the file. But also for threats to closure of stands. The disciplinary committee did not pronounce any sanction in relation to the Jet of Piece. But more surprising, the same thing for the use of smoke bombs of the two kops. While they were both under suspended sentence for similar facts against PSG (1-6, March 29). The last meeting against Toulouse can therefore be played in a full cauldron. It remains to be seen whether there will always be an issue …
*Except scenario where ASSE goes up -9 of goals difference on Le Havre with a victory and a draw while the HAC loses its two games.
