Supporters Saint-Etienne (Photo by PASCAL GUYOT / AFP)
The authorities should ban the travel of Saint-Etienne supporters for the derby against OL on November 10. A decree could be issued in the coming hours.
The images of recent weeks must have inevitably weighed on the authorities' choice. The scuffle between Lyon supporters after the reception of Nantes (2-0) or the incidents following the duel against Besiktas last week (0-1) were a priori taken into account by the authorities during this Tuesday's meeting . According to RMC Sportthis resulted in a decision about the presence or not of ASSE fans for the derby on November 10.
The answer would be negative according to our colleagues, even with a reduced gauge. The public authorities should now, in the hours and days to come, publish a prefectural decree, as is customary in these circumstances, then a travel ban. A final document issued by the Ministry of the Interior as the meeting approaches.
The Stéphanois could take legal action
Lovers of Saint-Etienne will therefore not be able to attend this first confrontation between the two rival clubs for more than two and a half years. The match was obviously classified as high risk, but the Stéphanois tried their luck by calling on the authorities in a message published in mid-October.
In their text, they asserted, probably rightly, that “There will necessarily be Saint-Etienne supporters scattered around the stadium. To deprive yourself of the parking reserved for visitors is to deprive yourself of your best security tool.“If the news is made official, it will be necessary to observe the decision of the Foréz fans, who reserved “the right to initiate any recourse before the competent courts and to move if necessary.”
