A stand at the Stade de la Mosson, in Montpellier (Hérault), will be closed as a precaution after the deployment on Sunday, during the match between the MHSC and Nantes, of banners deemed homophobic.

The announcement was made on Wednesday by the Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP), which placed the case under investigation.

“The decision will be made at the end of the meeting” of February 8, specifies the Commission.

The instruction must also study the case of "incidents" and "the use and throwing of pyrotechnic devices".

The Hérault club will therefore receive PSG on February 1, without its ultra supporters, traditionally gathered in this grandstand, Etang de Thau.


Strongest condemnation of these images, these words, these homophobic acts which must disappear from the enclosures of football and sport.

Their perpetrators must be identified, punished and permanently kept away from our stadiums.

@RomeIsabelle@LFPfr #MHSCFCN pic.twitter.com/t01baWROLM

– Amélie Oudéa-Castéra (@AOC1978) January 16, 2023

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On Monday, an investigation was opened by the Montpellier prosecutor's office for "public insults on the grounds of sexual orientation", "introduction, possession and use of rockets or fireworks in a sports arena" and "throw of a projectile presenting a danger for the safety of people”.

On Wednesday, three associations, Stop Homophobia, Mousse and Adhéos, filed a complaint for “homophobic insult” against the supporters who held up these banners, where it was inscribed in particular “Team of fags”.

These insults were also condemned by the MHSC and the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.

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