After Sunday's incidents during FC Nantes-Le Havre, sanctions could be imposed against a group of Nantes supporters.
A procedure for dissolving the Brigade Loire, a group of ultra supporters of FC Nantes whose members invaded the pitch on Sunday during the match against Le Havre, is being studied, we learned on Tuesday from the Ministry of Defense. Interior.
“The launch of a procedure to dissolve Brigade Loire is being studied”we confirmed to the Ministry of the Interior, the day after the declarations of Minister Bruno Retailleau to the newspaper West Franceindicating that he was studying “very seriously” the launch of such a procedure.
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Ligue 1: angry supporters try to enter the Beaujoire pitch, Nantes-Le Havre interrupted twice
Sunday, at the Beaujoire stadium, the Nantes-Le Havre match, counting for the 12th day of Ligue 1, was interrupted for almost half an hour, in added time of the second half, when Nantes supporters from the Loire stand tried to invade the pitch after throwing projectiles, furious to see their team trailing 2-0.
What about the position of the Ministry of Sports?
The referee then sent the players back to the locker room and called a “crisis unit”. Earlier, the supporters had already caused a first and brief interruption of the match in the first period by throwing tennis balls and toilet paper towards the goals of Alban Lafont, the Nantes goalkeeper. Calm returned after intervention by the CRS and security agents.
“Beyond this long procedure which must be legally secure, firm individual sanctions rather than collective sanctions are to be preferred”was indicated by the cabinet of the Ministry of Sports.
“We must concentrate more in the short term on the 70 to 80 individuals who tried to invade the field and issue exemplary bans as quickly as possible in order to avoid further excesses for the next matches”we emphasize at the Ministry of Sports, which recalls that the Brigade Loire is not an association but a “de facto group”. “The dissolution would necessarily take place over a long time and the troublemakers could always go to the stadium”we specify.
Last week, the Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life, Gil Avérous launched “a stadium tour” which should last until the end of the year.
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