“We shame ourselves in front of all of France and we go to Ligue 2.” Looking back, the song sung on Sunday November 24 by FC Nantes supporters remains the best moment of the Canaries' evening. The latter suffered a new rout, at home against Le Havre (0-2), losing in the 16the place in the Ligue 1 ranking, the French football championship, in the play-off position. The coach, Antoine Kombouaré, is on probation.
The match was stopped twice. The second suspension, in particular, risks costing the club dearly. At the 91e minute, around ten people positioned in the stand occupied by the Loire Brigade – BL for those in the know – attempted to invade the pitch, slowed down by the anti-intrusion barriers, then blocked by the stewards and the police.
A few meters away, around fifty supporters with balaclavas, also from the Loire stand, angered by the poor results, orchestrated another charge in order to enter the pitch, causing the match to be interrupted for half an hour. “It lasted a very long time but there were few real moments of tension”notes Loïc Morin, general secretary of FC Nantes, in the columns of the Nantes daily Ocean Press.
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The risk of seeing the land invaded has been identified “during pre-match meetings”continues Mr. Morin, because “everyone knew it could end badly in case of defeat”. In the absence of CRS reinforcements, the club called on a private security company, Shadow Agency, to support the police force of the departmental intervention company. “The situation was handled perfectlyMr. Morin. In the end, there were no clashes and no injuries. »
“We announced that we would not let anything go”
The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, is now asking the question of the dissolution of the Loire Brigade, as revealed West France. “The procedure, carried out in a contradictory manner, is complex but the file will be put together, and its feasibility studied”explains a close collaborator of the minister. Who adds: “We announced that we would not let anything go: if there are other groups of ultras who repeatedly commit disturbances to public order in France, we will use the weapon of dissolution. »
The Ministry of Sports favors “firm individual sanctions rather than collective sanctions”. Two complementary visions, supports Mr. Retailleau's office, which defends: “Based on feedback from the prefecture services, we have reason to believe that there are arguments in favor of the dissolution of Brigade Loire in Nantes. » The Council of State may consider that a group, even if it is not declared to the prefecture, “constitutes a de facto association, as long as it has a logo or premises”.
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