LIGUE 1 - Lyon fan who threw bottle at Payet banned from stadium

23.11.2021 22:50 of D.B. TransferMarketWeb   see readings
LIGUE 1 - Lyon fan who threw bottle at Payet banned from stadium
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On Tuesday, a six-month suspended prison sentence was handed down to the Lyon fan who hurled a bottle at Marseille captain Dimitri Payet during a Saturday Ligue 1 encounter.

As a result of the incident on Sunday, Wilfried Serriere, 32, was banned for five years from Lyon's Parc OL stadium.

In the fifth minute, Payet was smacked on the side of the head as he prepared to take a corner for the visitors, leading both sides to return to their locker rooms.

"I don't know what was going through my mind," Serriere told the court in Lyon.

He was forced to pay one euro in symbolic damages to the Marseille captain. He apologized to Payet and stated that hitting him was not his intention.

Lyon was ordered to play their next home game behind closed doors on Monday, ahead of a decision from the French professional football league expected on December 8.