This weekend marks the resumption of Ligue 1 and the return of the supporters.

Sunday at 9 p.m., Olympique de Marseille moves to face Montpellier at the Mosson stadium.

With a capacity of 32,000 places in full configuration, the prefecture of Hérault has, given the health situation, established a gauge of 13,500 places, of which 300 are reserved for Marseille supporters.

"The health pass alone brings together the various abuses that we have fought"

And if all the seats have found a taker - the Montpellier ticket office displays “sold out” - the Mosson stands will not see the return of their ultras. The latter, like other support groups in France (Saint-Etienne, Lyon and Nantes), have announced not to go to the stadium to mark their opposition to the health pass. "The health pass alone brings together the various abuses that we have fought over the years: restriction of the freedom to come and go, registration, digital identification, surveillance", wrote the ultras from the groups of Butte Paillade and Armata. , in a joint press release. However, they promise to be "regularly present around the stadium".

There is a group from Marseille that has given up on organizing a trip, but for a completely different reason.

The Ultras Marseille 1984 contest, them, a "too low quota".

A recurring position for this group which will also animate its stand for the reception at the Vélodrome de Bordeaux on August 15, considering that "the conditions inside the stadium (no quota in turns, no mask or distance) [ them] seem compatible with [their] vision of football ”.

It's hard to imagine "not going to the stadium to support your team for a PCR"

The “boycott” debate nevertheless crossed the Marseille supporters. The MTPs having recalled just before the last preparation match against Villarreal that they were "a group of supporters of the Olympique de Marseille, and not a union or a political enterprise", indicating to leave "to the goodwill of each interpretation measures put in place ”. This is confirmed by Damien, himself vaccinated, a member of this support group. "To find oneself, the balance tilts rather on the side of the sanitary pass". Although he understands "that it is binding", difficult for him to imagine opposing "a categorical boycott and not going to the stadium to support his team for a PCR".

The Hérault prefecture recalls that "the health pass is compulsory to access the stadium" and that the arrival of Marseille supporters is imperative by "bus, supervised by the police.

Any Marseille supporter who presented himself individually outside of this system could not access the stadium, ”she adds.

At this level, everything will go as usual.

A semblance of a return to normal in the stadiums welcome, after nearly 18 months of football behind closed doors.

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