ASSE filed a complaint for "aggravated violence, destruction and damage to public property, entry into the playing area affecting the safety of persons and property and throwing of projectiles presenting a danger to the safety of persons", indicates the club in a press release.

Sunday evening, the relegation of Saint-Étienne on penalties against Auxerre (1-1 ap, 5 tab to 4) was accompanied by stormy scenes at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium: invasion of the lawn by angry Greens supporters, then jets of smoke bombs and general jostling.

Clashes between police and Saint-Etienne supporters who invaded the field after the club's defeat against Auxerre, in Saint-Etienne on May 29, 2022 JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK AFP

Some supporters used mortars and fired smoke bombs at the players and stands.

The clashes continued outside the stadium until late in the evening, with a total of around forty minor injuries: 8 security guards, 14 police officers, 17 supporters and two Auxerre players.

The prosecution told AFP that the evening did not result in any arrests.

In its press release, the Saint-Etienne club said "intend to collaborate in the most effective way possible with the police services so that the identification of troublemakers and the implementation of subsequent legal proceedings is carried out without delay".

While their sector of the stadium was the subject of a disciplinary closure, following incidents during the reception of Monaco on April 23, recidivist ultras from Saint-Etienne managed to take their place in another grandstand on Sunday.

ASSE, now relegated to L2, recalled that the Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) had decided to put the file under investigation and that the representatives of Saint-Etienne would be heard, following the filing of the report. investigation, during a hearing scheduled for June 23.

The players of Saint-Etienne, dejected after their defeat on penalties (1-1, 5-4 on pens) against Auxerre, during the L1 / L2 return play-off, which sent the Greens to Ligue 2 JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK AFP

Disciplinary sanctions can go as far as a total or partial closed session, a withdrawal of points or even a disqualification and even a demotion.

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