This Tuesday, OM travel to Lyon in a match rescheduled after the incidents of the first leg. Dimitri Payet, hit by a bottle, came back to this and is fighting a new battle.
This Tuesday, months after the incidents of the first leg, Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique de Marseille finally meet. In the pre-match press conference, it was Dimitri Payet, hit after two minutes by a bottle thrown from the stands on the first leg, who appeared at the press conference.
” It was evacuated. It’s special because it’s still an Olympico which will take place in an empty stadium. We know how important this match is for us. All these ingredients make it special. There were decisions made. It’s the start of something. I hope so. It’s true that since Lyon there have been no serious incidents in our stadiums. I hope that will have been the last time. I am the first to be disappointed to play in an empty stadium. It takes all the spiciness away. We are the first penalized. The authorities have taken decisions and I hope they will take more to stop all this “began by explaining the playmaker.
Payet will get personally involved
But he didn’t stop there and admitted that it was one of the worst events of his career: ” I went through a lot of hardships. That’s part of it. Most have served me. I knew how to draw the positive from it even if it was complicated. I was well surrounded, everyone reassured me. I felt like I was at fault. That was what was hard to digest, more than the bottle. I don’t know if there will be tension. I don’t think the group I’m in needs extra sports to get into this. It’s an Olympico it has grown. It’s a match where we’re going to have to perform well because we know the consequences in the standings. I don’t think we need any sports extras for tomorrow “.
The Reunionese, celebrated by a nice tifo at the Orange Vélodrome, this Saturday, intends to join the actions to the words: ” it was, honestly, mentally complicated. It was the second time, after Nice. We had heard a lot of things. Many people, as I said, who gave their opinion but without idea to solve the problem. This is a fight that I want and will fight personally. I don’t know who will follow me but I want to do everything to erase these images that we see too much. It has no place in football. It is up to us players to take responsibility. It goes beyond speaking out, I can’t say more, but I work with people to build something that can help. If decision makers can’t make decisions, we players will. “. We are eagerly awaiting the sequel.
