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Shortly before the half-hour mark, the match referee sent the 22 players back to the locker room for almost 30 minutes. The reason? The Audon supporters threw tennis balls onto the field.
New episode of protests by supporters against Ligue 2 broadcasters. This Friday, November 8, Rémi Landry, referee of the match between Red Star and Troyes, was forced to interrupt the game for around twenty minutes.
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The Red Star – ESTAC match was disrupted by Red Star supporters by bullets being thrown onto the pitch. They denounce the desire of broadcasters to play Ligue 2 matches during the week.
The match was stopped for 30 minutes.#football #league2 pic.twitter.com/KIbhDVQVXk— Arnaud César Vilette (@ArnaudCesarV) https://twitter.com/ArnaudCesarV/status/1854980147713392662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Shortly before the half-hour mark, certain members of the ultras kop of the Seine-Saint-Denis club threw tennis balls onto the pitch, forcing the referee to intervene. Before that, the official had already briefly paused the match, for the same reason.
Against holding Ligue 2 matches during the week
Red Star supporters, like others in Ligue 2, are campaigning against the scheduling of Ligue 2 matches on Friday evenings by the broadcaster, beIN Sports. In this sense, the protests started before the bullets were thrown. A banner ” LFP/beIN/Qatar: Let's end the Sheikhs' game” was deployed.
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This is not the first time this season that such methods have been used in Ligue 2. During Metz-Bastia and Lorient-Red Star, spectators also threw tennis balls onto the pitch. Others had pointed at the beIN Sports cameras with a laser. This Friday, the meeting finally resumed around 9 p.m.
