The Ligue 1 clash between Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais, rescheduled for December 6 after being postponed due to an attack on the Lyon team bus, will be played at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome, the French league (LFP) said on Thursday.
The disciplinary commission said it would not take any action following the incident. The ruling has annoyed Lyon, who said they would appeal the decision.
The original fixture, scheduled for Oct. 29, was called off after Lyon’s team bus was pelted with bottles and stones, injuring coach Fabio Grosso, as the players made their way to the Stade Velodrome.
On November 2, the LFP announced the date for the rescheduled game, but no venue was named, with Lyon’s director of football, Vincent Ponsot, calling for the game to be played at a neutral venue. The LFP has instead rescheduled the game for Marseille.
After the disciplinary commission said it would not punish Marseille because the incidents occurred on a public highway, and therefore the organising club was not at fault, Lyon said they would appeal the decision.
Neuer praise for Kane
Munich: England captain Harry Kane has made a brilliant start in Germany, where 15 goals in 10 Bundesliga games have matched another Bayern Munich great’s league record.
Gerd Mueller is the only other player to have scored so many after the first 10 rounds, a feat he managed in the 1968-69 season.
Kane, who joined Bayern in a Bundesliga-record transfer from Tottenham, reached Mueller’s tally with hat tricks in consecutive games — first against Darmstadt in an 8-0 rout, then against Borussia Dortmund as he helped his team to a 4-0 win in "der Klassiker" last weekend.
He also starred in the Champions League, scoring twice on Wednesday to shoot Bayern into the next round with a 2-1 win over Galatasaray.
“He’s a phenomenon and we’re proud that he’s playing for us in the team,” Bayern captain Manuel Neuer said.
The question now is whether Kane can maintain his form and possibly beat Robert Lewandowski’s Bundesliga record of 41 goals in a season. The Poland star, now playing for Barcelona, managed that feat for Bayern by scoring in the last minute on the final day of the 2020-21 season, when he finally beat the previous best-mark of 40 goals scored by Mueller in 1971-72.
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