Marseille v Lyon was meant to be the weekend highlight. The game never happened as French football shamed itself again
By Luke Entwistle for Get French Football News
Could there have been a worse time for French football to further sully its image? As the league tries to sell its TV rights to broadcasters, the last thing it needed was the biggest game of the weekend – the Choc des Olympiques between Marseille and Lyon – to be called off after ugly scenes outside and inside the Vélodrome.
For the first time in five years, Lyon fans were permitted to attend a match at the Vélodrome. It has become common for supporters to be banned from away matches – to the extent that there is a grand sense of occasion when they are permitted to travel. So the 600 Lyon fans who set off to Marseille on Sunday were desperate to see their team’s first win of a very disappointing season. Events outside the stadium spoiled the day.
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