For his part, Christophe Ciatto refutes Junior Lokola’s statements. “I am shocked by his comments. I never said that, it is surely the only way he has to defend himself, explains the Crisnée player. My best friend is black, why would I say that? I did absolutely nothing. I’m the victim in this whole story. I can be a nervous person on the pitch, but on Sunday, I didn’t even get angry for a second. I tried to calm Junior down several times.” The Crisnean, who has a dislocated shoulder, is incapacitated for three weeks. “After receiving a slap, I was stunned and moved away. Unfortunately, two players chased me and I slipped. They then kicked me. When I got up, I tried to avoid a blow and I landed badly on my shoulder. It’s the first time that this has happened to me… I would like to thank the delegate and Jehay’s coach who apologized.”
Complaints will be filed
Christophe Ciatto does not intend to stop there since he will file a complaint with the police, just like the club. “Three Jehay players were beaten in front of witnesses. The club will support Christophe and will undoubtedly also file a complaint, explains Philippe Florkin. I stayed at the refreshment bar after the match and I want to highlight Jehay because the leaders as well as the coach were more than correct.”
Jehay will take sanctions “to mark the occasion”
The Jehaytois president, Daniel Noël, was present this Sunday. “What I saw is unacceptable. It has no place on a football field. Sanctions will be taken, explains the strong man of the club. We will wait until we have everyone’s version to know I don’t want us to act hotly, now one thing is certain, I don’t want that to happen again because, Jehay, is a family club where violence does not exist. “The sanctions taken by the ACFF will be automatically doubled by the club. We want to mark the occasion and set an example” specifies Loic Puits, the coach.
