Sunday, while the match between the Castelroussian clubs of Fontchoir and OC Châteauroux had started at 3 p.m., it had to be interrupted at 82e minute. One of the Fontchoir players is down. “The tackle was violent, he couldn't get up and the players from the other club didn't believe him, they thought he didn't want to get up”describes Mickaël Smagghe, president of the Fontchoir club.
Blows are then exchanged between players. “By the time we all arrived to separate them, there had already been some attacks”explains Mickaël Smagghe. This is where the end of the match was whistled. “For us, there were blows from both sides. The match was declared lost for us. We accepted, we put up with it, we said nothing. I brought my players into the locker room”explains Cuma Ali, coach of the D4 team, who was also present at the Stade du Rôtissant on Sunday.
A police officer affected by “a gesture of defense”
The rest of the scene is the intervention of the national police “to calm everyone down”explains Mickaël Smagghe. “My players returned and what happened next is none of our business, it’s up to the club playing at home.”slice Cuma Ali.
And it was during these exchanges that a police officer received a blow. “The young girl was filming and the police officer took her by the arm and she was afraid, she made a defensive gesture”explains the president of the Fontchoir club, appalled at the idea that there is talk in his club of violence and violence against the police. “She would have known that he was from the police, she would not have made any gestures, explains his father. There, she thought it was someone who was attacking her. » The young woman was not arrested, her identity was noted.
The firefighters were also called to transport the Fontchoir player to the hospital. “He lost consciousness for a few moments, we wanted to check that he had no trauma”explains the manager of Fontchoir. The young man had two stitches and 8 days of ITT. On the side of OC Châteauroux, a second player, not transported by the firefighters, also presented scratches and bruises, a medical certificate was issued. No complaints have been filed. The story of a match where sportsmanship could not last 90 minutes.
