The victory of the Berri against Nîmes, Friday evening January 24, 2025, was tarnished by serious incidents in the stands. At this hour, the course of the facts is still uncertain but, at the heart of the second half, a crowd movement occurred in the visitors' parking. According to concordant testimonies, several individuals entered to do battle with the fifteen Nîmes supporters who came to encourage their team in Châteauroux. Witnesses speak of iron bars that could have been used as weapons. These scuffles required the intervention of the police and the firefighters to take care of the wounded.
At the end of the meeting, won by the Berri (3-2), the visitors' coach let his anger burst. “The incidents take over the defeat, Tonné Adil Hermach, the Nîmes Olympic coach. This is inconceivable what happened. »» According to Nîmes journalists present this Friday evening in Châteauroux, the assault could have been led by supporters of Montpellier, who came to seize the tarpaulin of their historic rivals. “It's not the first time”they insisted.
“They entered a mill”
“I was told about real assault, it's hard to speak football after that, Pursued Adil Hermach. I have three people from my family who came and who could have been there. The result, I type. »» He also questioned the security conditions: “It is incredible that there is no more security in a football stadium. We can speak of a real descent. Even in the world of ultras, these are things that are not done. Apparently, there were about fifty against ten. They entered like a mill. It's a nightmare. »»
Four people were reportedly injured.
© (Photo NR, Thierry Roulliaud)
In the evening, the Châteauroux club published a press release and deplored “The incidents that have occurred this evening during the match against the Olympic Nîmes”. “Despite the security service set up, around thirty individuals outside the meeting and the city of Châteauroux, hooded and equipped with iron bars, were broken into the parking of Nîmes supporters”specifies the text. The results of “This act of violence made four injured supported by the emergency services on the spot”.
A complaint filed by the Berri
“Shocked by these actions, the Berrichonne club of Châteauroux firmly condemns these violence and supports the victims as well as to the Nîmes Olympique. »» The club announces that he “Will file a complaint with the public prosecutor and requests that all the light be shed on these intolerable facts. These unacceptable and shameful behaviors do not have their place in football and in sport. »»
