Montpellier supporters sent home after violence before Saint-Etienne-MHSC

Supporters of Montpellier, beaten 1-0 on Saturday evening at Saint-Etienne during the 12th day of Ligue 1, were sent home before the match because of a fight which left around fifteen people lightly injured, he said. -we learned from a prefectural source.

“At 5:30 p.m., several dozen Montpellier supporters got off their bus, before entering the stadium, armed with iron bars and other blunt objects, to violently oppose the Saint-Etienne ultra supporters located nearby”explains the Loire prefecture in a press release.

300 Montpellier supporters

Thanks to “consequent use of tear gas and a water throwing device”l’intervention “fast” of the police made it possible to put an end to the scuffles, during which “ten Montpellier supporters were taken care of by the firefighters”.

Four police officers were injured, according to the same source. The 300 Montpellier supporters, getting off their bus before arriving at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium, “contravened the requirements of the prefectural decree of November 15” taken to supervise the meeting. After joining “under good escort” the stadium visitor parking lot, they were evacuated “for an immediate return to the Hérault department” on the orders of the prefect of the Loire, who condemned “firmly condemn these actions”.