OL will travel to Valenciennes this Saturday in the Coupe de France. And despite the choice of stadium to avoid any problems, Lyon supporters are not welcome.
In an unusual change of program which aims to lighten a month of January which will include Champions League matches, the French Football Federation has decided to place the 32nd finals before the winter break. As a result, this weekend, it will be time for the magic of this first round of entry into the running of the Ligue 1 teams. Always a special moment but it is becoming more and more difficult to pull off all the stops. Restrictions, bans and decisions from the authorities are multiplying and spoiling the party a little. This will be the case at Feignies-Aulnoye, a National 2 team which is obviously happy to host Olympique Lyonnais. The match will take place this Saturday, December 21 and the Hainaut stadium in Valenciennes has been chosen for this beautiful poster in the region. But it will be without the OL supporters, who could have followed their team one last time during the year, in a large stadium largely capable of welcoming opposing supporters.
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But the Prefect of the North decided to ban the movement of Lyon supporters around the stadium, and the local club therefore announced that the parking lot would be closed. “ The visitors' sector will be closed for this match. Consequently, Olympique Lyonnais recommends to its supporters not to organize a trip and not to appear near the Hainaut stadium this Saturday, December 21 », Lets the northern club know. The main reason for this decision was the clashes which took place last year on the sidelines of the Coupe de France final, during the match against PSG, and which notably saw supporters of both camps clash. face a highway toll. Even if the organization had been far from imperial and the suspicious role of certain drivers had been questioned, the authorities did not want to take any risks. So no match for Lyon fans a few days before Christmas.
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