During the match between Olympique de Marseille (OM) and AJ Auxerre on Friday evening, an incident disrupted the match, resulting in a defeat for OM (3-1) at the Stade Vélodrome. Shortly before half-time, while Marseille was trailing by three goals, DAZN journalist and former PSG TV presenter, Ambre Godillon, was injured in the face by a projectile which hit her under the eye.
Following this incident, the stadium announcer called on the supporters to stop throwing objects towards the pitch. As reported by jeanmarcmorandini.com, interviewed after the match by her colleague Smaïl Bouabdellah, Ambre Godillon expressed her state of shock, declaring having received “a projectile in the face” without yet being able to fully understand what had happened. . “I don’t really know what to say. A little shocked by that,” she confided.
Quickly after the events, OM presented its official apologies to the journalist and the DAZN channel through its spokesperson, while announcing an internal investigation to clarify the circumstances of the incident. According to the first information obtained by The Teamthe projectile could be an electronic cigarette, fallen from a height and bouncing first on a tarpaulin before hitting Ambre Godillon.
