Classified at risk, the Champions League meeting against the Eintracht Frankfurt, scheduled for Tuesday evening, worries the authorities.
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In Marseille, the echoes of the very violent clashes between supporters, who accompanied the meeting between the OGC Nice and FC Cologne, making 32 injured Thursday, September 8, did not lead to a profound rereading of the safety device developed For the reception of Eintracht Frankfurt, another German team, Tuesday September 13 in the Champions League (9 p.m.).
“We had enough problems last season in the European Cup to know what to expect,” we slip on the side of the Bouches-du-Rhône police headquarters. In the spring, the very agitated passages of the supporters of the PAOK Salonica (Greece) and the Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands) had notably been punctuated by incidents with the Ultras Marseille on the sidelines of the matches of the Europa League Conference. “We have the feeling that the level of security will be higher [to last season] and that our concerns are better heard by the authorities,” reassures Jacques Cardoze, the director of communication of OM.
If Eintracht Frankfurt announces the arrival of 3,300 supporters with tickets, it is the potential arrival of several thousand other Germans-5,000 estimates the prefecture of police of Bouches-du-Rhône, 2,000 in 3,000 correct clubs – and their management in a city with very extensive topography, which concern local authorities.
Limit supporters of supporters
Three prefectural orders taken upstream of this match which marks the return to the Vélodrome stadium of the Queen competition of European football, aim to limit the movements of these supporters and their contacts with Marseille fans. Thus, the circulation of anyone “prevailing the quality of supporter of the Eintracht Frankfurt” – that is to say wearing a jersey, scarf or colors of the club – was prohibited on the public road at the center of Marseille from Monday September 12 until the evening of the match.
No German supporters authorized no longer to wander around the Vélodrome stadium outside those who will be transported in coaches escorted by the police before the match. The take-out of alcoholic beverages is also prohibited in these two sectors from Tuesday 2 p.m.
So many decisions whose effectiveness is based for many on the good will of the people concerned – Germans as Marseille – and on the will of the opposing club to channel its supporters.
Monday, Eintracht Frankfurt relayed the prefectural orders on its social networks. For its part, OM management has dialogued with its supporter clubs reminding them in particular that the club was under the threat of a closed -door suspended. It has also limited the sale of tickets to German customers and already warns that any visitor supporter detected in the stadium outside the dedicated area will be expelled.
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