This Friday, during the 38th day of Ligue 2, the match between Bordeaux and Rodez, decisive for the rise in the elite for the Girondins, was definitively stopped. A Ruthenian player was jostled, after having opened the scoring, by an intruder who entered the lawn. He remained on the ground for long minutes and suffered from a concussion.
The Bordeaux-Rodez match, decisive for the outcome of the 38th and last day of Ligue 2, was definitively stopped on Friday by the referee after the aggression of Rodez winger Lucas Buades, who had just opened the scoring, by an intruder entering the lawn. While Buades and one of his teammates were celebrating the goal, a person at the edge of the field jostled the striker who collapsed on the ground at the foot of the Ultramarines stand, and referee Nicolas Rainville decided to dismiss the two teams in the locker room in the 23rd minute, before officially stopping the match shortly before 10:00 p.m.
French football again victim of incidents
“During the celebration of the Ruthenians’ goal, a spectator entered the field and came to attack, violently push a Ruthenian player”, declared the referee at a press conference “The elements are conclusive, the player cannot resume the game. match since concussed. We have respected the regulations, namely that the match will not resume”, he added. Buades was treated for three minutes before returning to the locker room in turn when his team had just opened the scoring in this decisive match for the rise on the Girondin side, for the maintenance on the Ruthenian side. Nicolas Rainville indicated that the player had been pushed around by both his club doctor and the emergency doctor on duty. “The club strongly condemns this gesture, write the Girondins in a press release. He intends to defend his rights. He will file a complaint against this supporter. For the rest, we will enter into a meeting and we will consult on the consequences. to give.”
This decision could spell the end of the Girondins’ ambition to move up to Ligue 1, a year after leaving the top flight. During this final day, the Bordeaux club had to win and hope for a misstep from Le Havre or Metz, respectively first and second before this final day, to win their ticket. This new incident sends French football back to its worst demons after a 2021-2022 season punctuated by numerous overflows in the stands, in particular a throwing of a plastic bottle that targeted Marseille midfielder Dimitri Payet during a stormy OL-OM match. The Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League had decided to withdraw a point from OL, and to replay the match behind closed doors, at the Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu.
Source: Europe1
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