Lens-Losc: "We are disgusted" ... Lille supporters furious after the sanctions of the disciplinary committee

SOCCER Following the derby incidents, Losc supporters are banned from traveling to Ligue 1 stadiums until the end of December.

Did you want to see Paris? You won't see Paris. Did you want to see Clermont, Brest, Monaco, Rennes? Well, you won't see them either. When you are a Losc supporter and you like to travel to France to support your team, you will have to take your troubles patiently.

Wednesday evening, the disciplinary commission of the LFP had a heavy hand towards the northern club. Following the incidents that occurred in Lens between supporters at half-time for the derby on September 18, Losc fans are banned from traveling to Ligue 1 until the end of the year. Six matches, the most prestigious of which is scheduled for the Parc des Princes on October 29.

"As usual, the League does not take its responsibilities"

“It's a very bad decision because the real responsible is the organizer of the match, namely RC Lens. We are disgusted and we ask ourselves a lot of questions about the League. It is shameful of them. As usual, the League does not take its responsibilities. We have the same penalties as Lens, whose supporters have invaded the field. And we have the same penalties as Marseille, already affected by three incidents since the start of the season [in Montpellier, Nice and Angers]. It's not normal, ”says Franck Deffenain, owner of Le Chagnot café and responsible for the Tourcoing Nord section of Lille supporters.

Like Lens, Lille was also sentenced to a suspended penalty point. But if the Sang et Or have already served the two games behind closed doors that the commission had imposed on them as a precaution just after the derby, the Losc feels they have been had with these trips prohibited until December 31. Mute since the incidents, Olivier Létang, the president of Losc, is also out of his reserve Thursday in the columns of the Team .

The president of Losc finally comes out of his silence to denounce the sanction

“It's a very surprising and totally unfair decision to say the least. I remind you that the Losc was not the organizer of the meeting and that our supporters never left the visitor park. The basic problem is still not resolved and it will never be if we do not get out of partisan debates, ”said the leader, who however ignored  the presence of hooligans in the Lille yard during the derby . Elements which undoubtedly pushed the commission to strike hard as the declarations of the sub-prefect of Lens who had declared shortly after the match that the torn seats came "from the Lille stand".

“From the start, two entities have communicated a lot about the wild horde of Lille supporters, namely the Lens club and the sub-prefect who are respectively responsible for the security of the stadium and the organization of the police. I wonder where is the responsibility of Losc, which was not organizer of the match, in these incidents. I do not deny the responsibility of some supporters but these are individual cases. We really have the impression that these are à la carte sanctions. The new game of the League now is to remove a suspended point when there was no impact on the match, “regrets François Stock of the Mastiffs of the Net, after this decision which does not satisfy anyone at Losc .

For his part, very accustomed to travel, Jérémy Lison will have to take his troubles patiently until January. “It's a huge disappointment. I thought we would take three ban games but no more. There, it is a blow of the club. I will not make any trip to Ligue 1. The positive side is that it will save me money. Fortunately, we can still travel in the European Cup. Suddenly, I'll go to Seville and Wolfsburg, ”concludes a fan who is trying to make good heart against bad luck in this complicated moment.