Sunday's match was stopped in the fourth minute and then postponed until after Marseille's Dimitri Payet was hit in the head by a thrown water bottle.

Four people, including the man who threw the bottle, have been arrested, according to L'Equipe.

- Dimitri Payet has my full support.

We can not allow players to be treated like this.

Actions like this should at least result in an immediate halt to the game, says Maracineanu.

An extra meeting was held on Monday due to the events.

There it was decided that Lyon will play their upcoming home matches in front of empty stands while an investigation is carried out.

Similar incidents have lined Ligue 1 since the start of the season, in several cases Marseille has been involved, and the French top league has said that it destroys the image of the league, both internationally and at home.

Affected earlier

In August, a match between Nice and Marseille was stopped after spectators threw in objects and stormed the pitch.

Payet was also hit in that match by a bottle, which he later threw back into the stands.

A fight also broke out between players and leaders.

In that case, Nice was penalized with a two-point deduction.

Earlier in the season, Montpellier supporters threw objects at Marseille's Valentin Rongier, resulting in a cracked lip.


In September, Angers supporters stormed the pitch when their team visited Marseille.

League in meeting

But violence is not just a Marseille problem.

In September, the pitch was stormed during the match between Lens and Lille.

In addition, fights broke out in the stands.

During a match between PSG and Lyon, a teenager was injured after a seat was thrown, and in October the match between Saint-Etienne and Angers was postponed for just over an hour due to order problems.