PARIS (Reuters) -Olympique Lyonnais have been docked one point after their Ligue 1 house game in opposition to Olympique de Marseille was deserted amid crowd trouble final month, the French League (LFP) mentioned on Wednesday.
The game, which can be replayed behind closed doorways, was referred to as off after Marseille’s Dimitri Payet was hit by a bottle thrown from the stands of Lyon’s Groupama Stadium.
Lyon, whose president Jean-Michel Aulas criticised the referee’s resolution to finish the Nov. 21 game, stay twelfth in the standings, now with 22 factors from 16 matches.
“Any act of violence in opposition to a participant, particularly a significant participant, exposes the membership accountable to a lack of factors,” Sebastien Deneux, the president of the LFP disciplinary committee, mentioned.
“The committee additionally took into consideration the actions of the Lyon membership instantly after the incidents. I want to remind you that the Disciplinary Committee can’t take sanctions in opposition to followers straight, however is there to guage the accountability of the golf equipment.”
Ligue 1 has been marred by fan violence this season.
Nice have been docked two factors, one of them suspended, after severe incidents throughout their game in August in opposition to Marseille, when visiting gamers clashed with house followers who pelted them with missiles and stormed on to the pitch.
The northern derby between RC Lens and Lille was hit by crowd issues in September, with the beginning of the second half delayed after rival followers threw objects at one another earlier than individuals ran on to the pitch, prompting riot police and stewards to intervene.
There has additionally been crowd trouble in Montpellier, Angers, Marseille and St Etienne.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Clare Fallon)
