the referees' union denounces “unspeakable facts and rare violence” during Bastia-Lorient

SAFE, the elite referees' union, denounced on Sunday “unspeakable acts of rare violence» occurred during the Ligue 2 match the day before between Bastia and Lorient, which was interrupted after projectiles were thrown in the direction of one of the touchline referees.

«Lighters, food, drinks, insults… on a referee. A situation of total insecurity which did not prevent us from going to the end of the match. What an example!» protested the union in a press release.

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Ligue 2: an assistant referee targeted by projectiles, the Bastia-Lorient match interrupted

While the score was 0 to 0 and the Bastiais had the ball, the referee stopped the game and sent the players back to the locker room after his linesman told him that they had been the target of projectiles, in particular “lighters , food and drinks,” according to images and information from broadcaster BeIN Sport.

This incident occurred a few minutes after the direct exclusion of Bastiais Jocelyn Janneh, author of an uncontrolled tackle on Lorientais Julien Ponceau (32nd). The meeting, which kicked off at 8:00 p.m., was able to resume at 9:15 p.m. and reach its conclusion.

On Sunday, a Ligue 1 match between Nantes and Le Havre was interrupted for almost half an hour, after Nantes supporters tried to invade the pitch, furious to see their team trailing 2- 0 a few minutes from the end of the match.

Nearly half an hour later, after convening a crisis unit and reassuring the safety of his players, referee Jérôme Brisard played the few minutes remaining in the match.