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Two Lille followers had been stabbed throughout an assault carried out by dozens of Bologna supporters earlier than the 2 groups’ Champions League fixture, the French Ligue 1 membership stated on Wednesday. In an announcement, Lille stated the 2 followers “acquired medical remedy” after the assault exterior a bar within the northern Italian metropolis late on Tuesday. “The membership unreservedly condemns this cowardly and insupportable assault, which contravenes all of the values of soccer,” stated Lille earlier than Wednesday’s recreation. Italian media, citing native police, stated 80 individuals, most probably Bologna supporters, assaulted round 30 Lille followers exterior a bar within the metropolis’s college district whereas armed with steel bars and belts.
Movies printed on-line present a big group of males, principally wearing black and sporting balaclavas roaming the streets.
Police say throughout the assault three Lille followers had been damage in whole, all three of whom had been handled after which discharged from Bologna’s Sant’Orsola hospital.
Lille are in competition for a spot within the play-offs for the Champions League’s final 16 as they sit seventeenth, whereas Bologna have a single level after 4 matches and are preventing to not be eradicated.
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