The LFP ordered to explain itself. While homophobic chants were heard on Saturday in Geoffroy-Guichard during the Ligue 1 match between Saint-Etienne and Strasbourg, Othman Nasrou, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, asked the League on Sunday “why the match was not interrupted”.
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The “Rouge Direct” collective challenged the government on Sunday in a message broadcast on X accompanied by a video of the songs. These were addressed to the Lyonnais. The two teams are due to meet next Sunday in Lyon.
Bruno Retailleau was not for stopping matches…
“We ask the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau and the Minister of Sports Gil Avérous, as well as the Professional Football League to finally act. New complaints will be filed by Me Étienne Deshoulieres against the LFP and DAZN from Monday,” wrote the collective.
On October 24, after the incidents that occurred at the Parc des Princes, Bruno Retailleau brought together the leaders of French professional football at the Ministry of the Interior. At the end of this meeting, the Minister of Sports asked the football authorities to strictly apply the Fifa protocol which provides for a gradation ranging from the suspension of the match to the match being declared lost by the receiving team. , in the event of problems (homophobia, racism, violence, etc.). Bruno Retailleau had judged for his part that “stopping the matches” was “very complicated” and was “not the right solution”.
