After the assault of a Rodez player, the offending supporter will be tried in correctional in November

Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credit: THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP 20:14 p.m., June 04, 2023

The Girondins supporter arrested for the assault of a player during the chaotic match Bordeaux-Rodez Friday in Ligue 2 was referred Sunday with request for judicial review and will be tried in correctional in November, according to the prosecutor's office. This Bordeaux fan is accused of having returned to the field while the opposing players celebrated the opening of the score and having jostled the striker of Rodez Lucas Buades, leading to the definitive stop of the match after 22 minutes of play.

Placed in custody Friday, this forty-year-old is prosecuted for "penetration on a competition area of a sports arena having disturbed the course of the competition", and "violence with premeditation resulting in an incapacity for work (ITT) less than eight days", detailed the Bordeaux prosecutor's office to AFP.

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Convened on 27 November

According to Olivier Étienne, deputy public prosecutor, the prosecutor's office has requested his placement under judicial control, probably accompanied by a stadium ban, and the defendant will be summoned before the criminal court on November 27. Member of the group of supporters of the Ultramarines, this business leader residing in Savoie had explained during his custody to have "a little disjointed" after "having the feeling of having been taunted" by Lucas Buades who celebrated his goal. He acknowledged the facts and apologized.

According to referee Nicolas Rainville, who decided to stop the match permanently, Lucas Buades suffered a concussion after collapsing to the ground. The duration of ITT of the player, examined by a forensic doctor, was set at one day, according to the prosecutor's office, which registered two new complaints, that of Lucas Buades and that of the Rodez club, after that of Bordeaux. After the interruption of this match of the final day of L2, where the Girondins had to win to hope to climb back into the elite, the Bordeaux club must plead its case Monday before the Professional Football League (LFP), a decisive disciplinary procedure to validate the final ranking of the second division.

Three other supporters were arrested Friday in Bordeaux in separate cases. Two of them, suspected of entering the pitch, were released on Saturday, while the third, prosecuted for violence and insulting a steward, will also be summoned to court in November.