A new decree targeting visiting supporters at Geoffroy-Guichard

The limitation has unfortunately become the norm at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium for visiting supporters. Alexandre Rochatte, prefect of the Loire, does not seem to want to bother with the management of visiting supporters.

Is this why France cannot manage an international match with just over 10,000 people in a stadium that can hold 80,000, despite the mobilization of a member of the police to four spectators present?

Still, once again this season, a prefectural decree will concern the next AS Saint-Étienne match. This decree will regulate the movement of pailladin supporters but also and above all limit it to a maximum of 300 supporters. The Strasbourg residents had benefited from a larger gauge (600 supporters). Before them, the Lensois, despite a joint press release with the groups of Saint-Etienne supporters, had not been able to enjoy all of the space reserved for visitors (limited to 1200). The Auxerrois had the same gauge as their Alsatian counterparts.

While the Chaudron promises to be still hot on Saturday with more than 30,000 spectators expected and probably the second best attendance of the season, we can only regret once again the inability of the French authorities to organize a massive trip of visiting supporters . Germany in particular with trips of sometimes more than 5,000 visiting supporters must have fun seeing France, limiting for example to 60, the number of Brest supporters authorized in Montpellier.