The Marseille N.10, targeted by a plastic water bottle on August 22 in Nice, then hit in the head by an identical projectile on November 21 in Lyon, said to have been "as much injured by the bottle as by the impression of being responsible for the violence and the stoppage of the match ".

OM playmaker Dimitri Payet, hit by a bottle of water thrown by a Lyonnais from the north turn, on November 21, 2021 at Groupama Stadium, at the end of the 14th day of Ligue 1 PHILIPPE DESMAZES AFP / Archives

"I say stop! There is enough. I am fed up with everyone putting their two cents without providing the start of a solution. Sorry but it must be said, it is not the prefect who is on the field, neither the prosecutor, nor the delegate of the League, nor the presidents of Nice, Lyon or Marseille ", writes Payet, defining himself as" the most publicized victim ", but not the only one, of the incidents having touched the stadiums French this season.

"I am surprised that the actors, the government, the League, the clubs do not assume their responsibility a little more. It is an unbearable form of collective resignation. I would like a reasonable collective responsibility," he said, calling that the meeting of Thursday "will not be without tomorrow".

A meeting devoted to "the fight against violence in stadiums" is scheduled at 8:30 am Place Beauvau around ministers Gérald Darmanin (Interior), Roxana Maracineanu (Sports) and Éric Dupond-Moretti (Justice), to unveil the remedies envisaged by the authorities, as the executive had committed to at a previous meeting on November 23.

Beyond the political component, Payet also calls on the players to "take their responsibility" in the face of violence and racist insults, such as that suffered by Rodez goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi on Monday during a Ligue 2 meeting in Toulouse.

"This is what I would like: at the next incident, whatever the stadium and including the Vélodrome, I would like to see the two captains, the two coaches meet in the central circle and decide not to resume", writes the Marseillais .

Marseille playmaker Dimitri Payet takes a corner, during the match of the 16th day against Nantes, on December 1, 2021 at the Stade de La Beaujoire Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS AFP / Archives

"If nobody takes responsibility, it will be up to the players to do so. And my speech is and will remain the same, whether it is Neymar, Payet, Mpasi or any other player who has been victim of an aggression," he concludes.

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