OL-OM interrupted: Aulas will contest the closed session against Reims before the CNOSF and does not want to “pay for … – 20minutes.fr

Will there finally be Lyon supporters at Parc OL, Wednesday (9 p.m.) for the 16th day of League 1 against Reims? It is in any case the hope of the Lyon club, which will challenge before the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), this Tuesday afternoon, the protective measure behind closed doors decided by the disciplinary commission of the LFP, in the wake of the bottle spray on
Dimitri Payet during
by OL-OM.

In an interview published this Tuesday by The team, Jean-Michel Aulas, as well as the director of football Vincent Ponsot and the stadium manager Xavier Pierrot try to clarify why “the serious incident” which took place on November 21 at the Parc OL is “a case fundamentally different from other early events of the season “.

“We cannot be victims of a general context”

Namely Nice-OM, Lens-Losc, but also Montpellier-OM and OM-PSG, with these encounters invading the ground and / or throwing multiple projectiles, and limited collective sanctions. These precedents make the Lyonnais fearful of becoming the first to suffer a strong sanction, for their first stint of the season before the disciplinary committee.

“We cannot be judged in the same way, we cannot be victims of a general context”, continues the president of OL, who insists that it is according to him an isolated act “d ‘an individual who is not a supporter of Olympique Lyonnais’.

“I am ready to take a reprieve in terms of a number of points”

During his immediate appearance, on November 23, he still indicated that he was going to see matches for the Lyon club “for twenty years”. Arrested “seven minutes” after the facts according to the OL, the culprit was therefore sentenced two days later to six months suspended prison sentence and five years of stadium ban. A consequent individual sanction that the Lyon leaders will put forward before the CNOSF to obtain the right to welcome spectators against Reims.

Regarding the fate of this match against OM stopped in the 5th minute of play, which will be the big chunk of the disciplinary committee on December 8, Jean-Michel Aulas would unsurprisingly opt for a reprieve concerning his club: “If I am allowed to play here the match against OM, which would be logical, I am ready to assume a reprieve in terms of a number of points and to demonstrate that there is no will have no such incident. I don’t want to pay for others ”. We will note in the interview of The team Xavier Pierrot’s remark making sense: “Is a guy who aims badly less serious than a guy who aims well?” “. We are curious to know how the LFP will manage this thorny issue in eight days.