"We have to change gear to respond more strongly," said the boss of the Professional Football League in front of the representatives of the FFF.
"We are going to take our responsibility, the clubs too must take theirs and be aware that they must help us, as well as the public authorities" because "the League has no police power", added Labrune.
"It bothers me to hear the ANS (National Association of Supporters, editor's note) say that there are good and bad supporters, good and bad ultras, he continued. Words are important. There are supporters and criminals. We have to get the criminals out of the stadiums."
Labrune thus evoked the incidents during the last match of the accession barrage between Saint-Étienne and Auxerre at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, where smoke bombs were fired horizontally towards a grandstand.
"I was scared by what happened, he said. It's a miracle that there was no death. I don't want to know of a death in a stadium as a as president".
In front of Noël Le Graët, the president of the FFF, Labrune called for "the responsibility of all".
"You have to be brave and put these criminals where they belong, not in stadiums," he concluded.
During his closing press conference, Le Graët agreed.
"We have regular meetings in common, said the former president of the LFP. We will try to find strong arguments so that it does not happen again. We have tried everything: close the stands, suspend the club, withdraw points. We still have to be more vigilant".
Le Graët wants "that we can identify those who trouble our championship. And it's easy today with the technical means. It's a shame! We have a better show on the pitch and a bad show in the stands. These are sometimes 20 or 30 people, no more".
"Our disciplinary arsenal is sufficient," said Le Graët.
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