During the Ligue 1 match won against AS Monaco (2-1) on Sunday evening, supporters of Olympique de Marseille sang a homophobic chant. This is not the first time that the Vélodrome faithful have been denounced, hence the anger of the Collectif Rouge Direct.
Despite the taste of victory found at home, Olympique de Marseille cannot rejoice in the behavior of certain supporters. During the Ligue 1 clash against AS Monaco on Sunday evening, fans resumed a homophobic chant without causing the slightest interruption to the game. A lack of intervention denounced by Rouge Direct.
« We must kill these fags!” repeated several times by hundreds of OM supporters with complete impunity, during the OM-Monaco match and for yearsreacted the Collective on the social network No stopping of the match. No reaction Gil Avérous Minister of Sports? Bruno Retailleau? Professional Football League? » In its publication, Rouge Direct recalls that such incidents “ constitute crimes of public insults due to sexual orientation, punishable by one year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros ».
The request made to DAZN
Therefore, ” we demand from the Professional Football League, the Ministry of the Interior and the club that all light be shed without delay on these criminal acts, as well as the immediate deletion by DAZN of the replay of this match “. It is true that homophobia in stadiums represents one of the battles announced by Gil Avérous. Last October, the Minister of Sports said he was ready to strike hard in the event of slippage.
« The request that was made to the FFF and the LFP: It is to directly and strictly apply the interruptions of the match. If there are repeated homophobic chants, the match will be stopped and lost for the home team. It is a very clear request which was heard by the Football League », blurted the minister, whose statement apparently remained at the stage of a simple threat.
