Lyon-Marseille was definitively suspended

Marseille refused to return to the pitch to resume the match against Lyon, interrupted four minutes later by the impact of a bottle thrown from the stands in the face of Dimitry Payet and, finally, the clash of the fourteenth day of Ligue 1 was suspended. Almost two hours after referee Ruddy Buquet decided to send both teams to the locker room after the incident and several conversations inside the state, the public address system of the Groupama stadium of the Lyon Olympic Park announced that the match would not resume. Minutes earlier, through the loudspeakers of the venue, it was reported that the match would resume. In fact, the Lyon players returned to the pitch and started the warm-up while waiting for the presence of their rival. But Marseille never jumped on the pitch. He refused the possibility of playing again despite the referee’s attempts to redirect the situation. Read more: Liga MX: Chivas announces that the first team has officially broken ranks; Finally, the Professional League of France, which issued a statement condemning the facts and called for leaving the case in the hands of the Disciplinary Commission, assumed the definitive cancellation of the match. The so-called “choc des olympiques” (match of the Olympians) was frustrated in the four minutes, when Dimitry Payet suffered the impact in the face of a bottle of water thrown from the stands when he was about to execute a corner kick. Dimitry Payet on the ground after being hit by the bottle from the stands/AFP The Marseille player lay on the pitch and needed assistance from doctors to treat the wound as players from the home side tried to placate their most radical fans. Referee Ruddy Buquet stopped the match and sent both teams to the locker room. It is the second time this season that Marseille are in a situation like this in Ligue 1. It already happened against Nice, at the beginning of the season, on August 22, when Payet returned a bottle that was thrown at him from the stands and several fans jumped on the pitch. Then that meeting was also suspended. He has a degree in Communication Sciences from the Universidad de Occidente, Unidad Guasave, with a specialty in Media. In his career as a journalist he has done work focused on the agricultural, fishing, health, economic sector, among others. In 2016 he joined EL DEBATE, where he worked as a reporter for locals in Guasave, where he also covered the current affairs, sports and police sections. Since 2017 he entered the digital area as a reporter for the portal of the newspaper EL DEBATE in www.debate.com.mx specializing in the Sports section. In addition to studying and passing the “Sports Journalism Workshop” at the University of Guadalajara in its Virtual University system. cornelio.figueroa@debate.com.mx See more



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