An order from the Ministry of the Interior forbids the displacement due to the risk of confrontation between the public of both clubs.
Le Monde with AFP
Paris-Saint-Germain supporters will not be able to accompany their team in Lyon Sunday for the e day of league 1 because of a “real and serious risk of confrontation between the supporters of the two clubs “, according to an order of the Ministry of the Interior appeared Saturday, January 8th in the Official Journal.
“The individual or collective displacement, by any means, of any person availing himself of the quality of supporter of Paris-Saint-Germain or behaving like this, is prohibited between the municipalities of the Ile-de-France region, On the one hand, and the communes of Décines-Charpieu, Meyzieu and Lyon (Rhône), on the other hand, “says the decree.
The text points out that the displacements of the PSG are “frequently a source of public order disorders”, such as rixes, violence against the police or jets of firecrackers, smoke or agricultural bombs, Causes of injury or fire departures.
“A strong will to revenge”
The Ministry of the Interior also notes that during meetings in Lyon, some supporters of Olympique Lyonnais “frequently make proof of their violent behavior, manifested on the edge and in the place of the stages”.
The Sunday meeting, an important poster of Ligue 1, could also “be marked by a strong desire on the part of the supporters of the two teams”, also worries the department, referring to the incidents that occurred in forums at the Paris FC-OL meeting for the 32 e last December 17, to which many supporters of the PSG had attended.
Paris FC and Lyon had been eliminated from the Coupe de France, and OL also excluded with the competition from 2022-23 and deprived of its attractions on the end of the season.