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Illustration photo of ultra supporters from Paris FC in a Ligue 2 match on March 8 against Lorient at the Charlety stadium.
FOOTBALL – Things accelerate on the side of the other club in the capital promoted in Ligue 1. because two days after having validated its rise in the first division of the French football championship, Paris FC begins its change of dimension with a first measure decided by the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau.
As promised since April 1, the tenant of Place Beauvau wishes to restore order in French football stadiums. This is why he had notably asked the Prime Minister to dissolution of a group of ultra supporters from Paris FC, Legion X. Fruit of chance or voluntary decision after the promotion of the Parisian club in Ligue 1 Two days earlier, this group of problematic supporters was officially dissolved this Sunday, May, according to a decree published in the Official Journal.
“The members of Legion X are involved on the one hand in violence, brawls or attempted brawls which caused several wounded and, on the other hand, in degradations committed against goods, in sports speakers or on their surroundings”justifies the decree, dated May 1.
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A decision that makes the business of the club that will play its Ligue 1 matches only a few meters from the PSG Princes Park next season. First due to the position of this group of supporters, not recognized by the club. “These are not supporters of Paris FC”had reacted to AFP Pierre Ferracci, club president, last April.
“We take note with satisfaction of the will of the public authorities to dissolve this group”had added the PFC leader before the formalization of this dissolution in the Official Journal almost a month later. Two groups of Ultras from AS Saint-Etienne, the Magic Fans and Green Angels, are also in the viewfinder of the Ministry of the Interior. But the latter, supported by the leaders of the Stéphanois club, have so far been spared.
Discarding this group of supporters also does the business of the family of billionaire Bernard Arnault and Red Bull who bought the club six months older, with the ambition to give it a completely different scale, after being deprived of Ligue 1 since the season 1978-1979, or 46 long years of waiting for supporters. The real ones.
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