PARIS (Reuters) – The French Cup final 64 game between Paris FC and Olympique Lyonnais was abandoned following crowd trouble on Friday, a stadium announcer mentioned as violence continued to hit French soccer.
Supporters seemed to be combating one another and a few of them went onto the Charlety stadium’s pitch and threw flares at halftime with the game tied at 1-1.
After 45 minutes, the stadium announcer got here onto the sector to ask followers to go away the world.
Lyon have been docked one level in Ligue 1 after their dwelling game towards Olympique de Marseille was abandoned final month after Marseille’s Dimitri Payet had been hit by a bottle thrown from the stands.
French soccer has been marred by crowd trouble this season, prompting the federal government to announce on Thursday that video games can be abandoned if a participant or a referee is injured by a projectile thrown from the stands.
Among different measures, the federal government mentioned a choice on whether or not to desert a game after any crowd incident can be taken inside a most half-hour after it occurred.
It additionally pledged to uphold extra stringent stadium bans imposed on violent supporters.
Nice have been docked two factors, one in every of them suspended, after critical incidents throughout their game in August towards Marseille, when visiting gamers clashed with dwelling 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 Christian Radnedge)
