Violence in football: match “definitely interrupted” when a player will be injured

A crisis cell will also have to decide in thirty minutes maximum on the fate of the encounter in case of incident, and the plastic bottles will be prohibited in the stages by July 1st.

Le Monde with AFP

After incidents that enamelled several Ligue 1 football meetings, the government has announced a train of measures to try to end violence in stages. A match will be “systematically and definitely interrupted” when a player or arbitrator will be injured by a projectile launched from the stands, has announced after a meeting with the French football representatives.

In the event of an incident in a stage, a crisis cell does not understand the presidents of the clubs concerned will also have to pronounce in thirty minutes on the fate of the meeting, still specifies a communiqué signed ministers from the inside , Gérald Darmanin, Sports, Roxana Maracineanu and Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti.

Also, the sale and wearing of plastic bottles – including the Marseille Dimitri Payet was a victim at a meeting between Marseille and Lyon, November 21 – will be prohibited in football stages “no later than 1 July 2022 “, adds the press release.

/Media reports.