Olympique Lyonnais receives AS Saint-Etienne on Friday evening for the 124th Rhône-Alpes derby. Regardless of their positions in the standings (Lyon is 11th, Saint-Etienne 20th), these two clubs share a very strong rivalry, especially among supporters. This Wednesday morning a banner insulting and inciting to “finish off” the Stéphanois was deployed by some supporters of Les Gones.
In the afternoon, OL wanted to condemn this banner stirring up hatred and calling for bad behavior in the stadiums. “No sporting rivalry can justify such remarks, even more so when they then take negative shape in our stadiums”, can we read in the brief press release published by the club on social networks.
OL condemns the banner placed outside its infrastructure this Wednesday. No sporting rivalry can justify such remarks, even more so when they then take shape negatively in our stadiums.
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) January 19, 2022
