Lyon manager Fabio Grosso has posted a photo on his social networks showing his head and his left eye injured after their bus was attacked before Marseille’s game.
Before Sunday’s league on the south coast, multiple objects were thrown at Lyon’s bus breaking the window’s glass and heavily injuring the coach Fabio Grosso. The club statement said that their coach and the assistant were injured and they will inform for further updates.
🇮🇹🏥 Lyon manager Fabio Grosso after the bus attack incident yesterday in Marseille. He recieved a total of 13 stitches to his eye area. (@SkySport) pic.twitter.com/T72d7a4ZWW
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) October 30, 2023
French Police has already arrested nine people for the incident and they will bring the authors in front of the justice.
This was one of the rare cases when teams were attacked in France. Lyon said in their communication that they will remain in contact with the authorities to solve the problem.