Regeneration Incident! The Ligue 1 Lyon bus was attacked by Marseille fans, the game had to be postponed, and coach Grosso was injured

There was an accident in the 10th round of Ligue 1 in the early morning of the 30th, and the match between Marseille and Lyon was postponed for some reason, due to the attack on the bus of the away team Lyon, which injured several people, including coach Grosso, and the Italian even received 12 stitches. The referee of the match issued an official statement: "We urgently convened a meeting and listened to the parties involved, the Lyon club has injuries and they do not want to continue in the match, we have decided to postpone the match." ”

On the way to the Stade Velodrome, the Lyon bus was reportedly attacked by Marseille fans, many of whom threw stones, and half of the window on the right side of the bus was shattered, resulting in head injuries to manager Grosso and assistant coach Rafaele Longo was also hit in the eye. And according to the newspaper Le Corpus, these extreme Marseille fans attacked at least 3 buses with stones.

In fact, Lyon coach Grosso, who was injured in the attack, was smashed by a beer can, which caused a wound above his eye. Grosso received stitches in the locker room and received a total of 12 stitches. Although he wanted the game to continue, the referee decided that the game was no longer available under the circumstances, and ultimately decided to cancel the game, and the exact time of the replay would need to be decided separately.

It is worth mentioning that in fact, there has been similar friction between the two teams before. On November 21, 2021, the match between the two teams was postponed and cancelled due to players injured due to fans throwing debris into the stadium.

Despite being injured, Lyon coach Grosso still came to the stadium to thank the Lyon expeditionary force with the players. So far this season, Lyon's performance has been a disaster, after 9 rounds, 3 draws and 6 losses, they are at the bottom of the league, and the team urgently needs a win to get out of such an embarrassing situation, I don't know if such an accident will affect the team's next preparations and games.

Text/Beiqing Sports Zhang Kunlong