A hell of a bruise under the right eye testifies to the violence of the shock. Ambre Godillon nevertheless ensured her job as a “pitchside” journalist all weekend and in particular during the clash between Lyon and Saint-Etienne on Sunday evening. She also received a bouquet of flowers from the owner of the Lyon club John Textor.
A little comfort in a less than pleasant weekend for the journalist who joined the new Ligue 1 broadcaster this summer. Friday, during the match at the Vélodrome stadium, between Marseille and Auxerre (1-3), she received a projectile, probably an electronic cigarette, thrown from the stands.
The Marseille club reacted, obviously regretting the journalist's injury, but insisting on the theory of an accident: according to the club, a projectile was thrown from the top of a stand but landed on Ambre Godillon after having accidentally slipped on a tarpaulin deployed in the stand. A thesis which did not convince the young woman: “ I would like to point out that a throw is not accidental. The story of the tarpaulin, if we want to drown and tell the storytelling we want, of an object that bounces… The fact remains that I was between the two sidelines and that the jet came between these two benches buttonshe explains. And it wasn't by the Holy Spirit that he got there. The tarpaulin, I thank it for being there to slow down this object. But in any “accidental” case, I would like us to measure these words and just know that the person who must apologize in the story is not me. »
“Am I supposed to apologize because it was accidental? »
Because since Friday and the OM press release, Ambre Godillon says she has received “ a wave of cyberharassment… A priori, according to some, I am supposed to apologize because it was accidental “. The profession, in particular the sports journalists' union, the UJSF, quickly spoke out to condemn and support our colleagues.
