A national referee injured by projectiles, the author in police custody

An assistant referee was injured in the head on Friday evening during the National Derby between Quevilly and Rouen (2-1) by projectile jets launched by a man who was placed in police custody, announced the prefecture. Friday, the meeting between Quevilly-Rouen Métropole (QRM) and FC Rouen (FCR) gathered 6,600 spectators, “including ultra supporters“Said the prefecture of Seine-Maritime on Saturday in a statement, adding that the meeting was classified level 2 out of 5 by the National Division to Combat Hooliganism (DNLH).

A fact “Of a particular gravity occurred at the end of the game: an assistant referee was targeted by several projectile jets, and was reached by one of them launched at all force from the Lenoble tribune, devolved to FC Rouen supporters“, Used the prefecture.

“Thanks to the excellent coordination between the QRM security services, in particular their video operators, and the police present by their side to the PC security then to the police engaged in the field, the alleged perpetrator of this gesture could be identified, then recognized and arrested at the end of the meeting, a few hundreds of the stadium“, continues the prefecture. A second supporter of FC Rouen”who accompanied him and outraged the police on the occasion of the arrest of the first“, was also placed in police custody.

The prefecture indicates that it will be “Attentive to the consequences that the disciplinary commission of the French Football Federation will draw from these serious facts, which have their place on any football, professional or amateur field, and are the fact of hooligans whose action brings serious damage to FC Rouen that they claim“.

On Thursday, the French Football Federation announced a future partnership with the Ministry of the Interior and the National Police to better protect amateur and professional referees, more threatened on and outside the field. Philippe Diallo, president of the FFF, notably asked the boss of the French arbitration Antony Gautier to reflect on new recommendations, such as sanctions and reinforced legal proceedings for attackers or the test of on -board cameras.