Incidents before OM-OL: "Replay the match on neutral ground" (Vincent Ponsot, Olympique Lyonnais)

"What we went through two years ago, with the point withdrawn (in addition to the Olympique Lyonnais - Olympique de Marseille match having to be replayed behind closed doors, after a bottle of water was thrown at Marseille's Dimitri Payet at Groupama Stadium on 21/11/2021), the debate over the match lost, we don't want OM to go through that. But we want to play football without being afraid or risking anything. We don't want any sporting sanctions, because the Marseille players had nothing to do with it, but we do want to replay the match on neutral ground," said Vincent Ponsot, general manager of football at Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) during a press conference on 10/11/2023.

The head of the Rhone-based club was speaking after the LFP's competitions commission decided on 08/11/2023 to replay the match between Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais at the Stade Orange Vélodrome (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône) on 06/12/2023 (at 21:00 CET). The match, originally scheduled for Sunday 29/10/2023, could not take place due to an attack on Lyon's coach by Marseille…