Stéphane Robineau during the semi-final of the Mondial la Marseillaise in 2020 -

Mathilde Ceilles / 20 Minutes

  • This Sunday, a fight broke out between a French team and a Belgian team at the Mondial la Marseillaise.

    And this Tuesday, a new violent altercation pitted a member of the public against another player.

  • Is confinement responsible for this outburst of violence?

    For a spectator, "it's just an excuse that passes the pill."

Quickly, the subject burns the lips of the spectators, shocked by the latest turmoil which marred the Mondial la Marseillaise à pétanque.

“I am a big fan of pétanque, explains Jean-François after having photographed Dylan Rocher, one of the stars of the competition.

It's a real sport, with a slightly different spirit.

I learned that there had been fights and I find it appalling.

It has nothing to do with pétanque.

"

Two incidents have indeed punctuated the 2020 edition of the largest pétanque competition in the world which ended this Wednesday at Borély Park in Marseille.

This Sunday, a fight broke out between a French team and a Belgian team after a game.

And this Tuesday, a new violent altercation pitted a member of the public against another player.

“It reminds Cantona at the time of Manchester United!

"

“Obviously, we condemn violence, which has no place in sport, sighs Pierre Guille, president of the Mondial la Marseillaise in pétanque.

It is not in the spirit of sport.

Now, we are organizing a demonstration with more than 3,000 games of pétanque on 20 gaming sites and there are two incidents.

"And to explain:" Sunday, we are not in a bloody fight, just two teams between which it went badly on the score.

And this Tuesday, someone in the gallery cursed a player, which never happens, unlike football.

The tone rose and the player went wild.

It reminds Cantona at the time of Manchester United!

"

"There may be a southern side behind all this ...", risks Jean-François.

“No, but oh !, Laurent gets carried away.

In Marseille or Metz, it's the same!

And a fight is not normal.

"" We have already had the tone that was able to rise, as in 2014, but it was good kidding, says Pierre Guille.

This is the first time we've seen this.

Of the atmosphere yes, but no violence… ”

"Idiots, there have always been"

“I have already come seven or eight times, explains Alain in the stands.

And these fights, I do not understand them.

Well, four years ago, there was one who had taken a headache ... "" I have come 5,000 times, and fights, I have not seen often ", protests his neighbor.

Collateral damage to containment?

A recent study by English scientists, published a few months ago in

The Lancet,

had shown that quarantine over ten days could cause symptoms of post-traumatic stress, and in particular avoidance and anger behaviors.

"Idiots, there have always been, confinement, it's just an excuse that passes the pill", annoys Robert - sorry "Robert the butcher", as he presents himself to us, the same one who claims to have "told his four truths on Sunday" to an opponent.

"I am not a doctor, but I do not believe it, launches Pierre Guille.

I don't sense people being particularly upset.

The problem with these incidents is that the guy who shouts is an asshole.

And for us, it's a real disappointment.

We didn't do all that for that.

"

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