{"id":293572,"date":"2023-10-31T08:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T08:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293572"},"modified":"2023-10-31T08:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T08:24:16","slug":"lyon-coach-fabio-grosso-reveals-he-needed-13-stitches-to-his-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-coach-fabio-grosso-reveals-he-needed-13-stitches-to-his-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon coach Fabio Grosso reveals he needed 13 stitches to his face"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lyon coach Fabio Grosso reveals he needed 13 stitches to his face after suffering gruesome injuries as the team bus was attacked by hooligans in Marseille<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marseille hooligans attacked Lyon&#8217;s team bus on Sunday night\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gross and his assistant were left injured by shards of glass\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lyon manager Fabio Grosso has revealed the extent of the facial injuries he suffered when the team coach was attacked by hooligans in Marseille.<\/p>\n<p>The 2006 World Cup winner told Sky Sports in Italy he received a total of 13 stitches to the area around his left eye.<\/p>\n<p>A picture of Grosso shared on social media by the broadcaster shows the former Italy fullback with his left eye barely open as a result of the injury and a stitches clearly visible above his eyebrow.<\/p>\n<p>Grosso was left with shards of glass embedded in his face after a barrage of rocks and bottles smashed the vehicle&#8217;s windows as it arrived in Marseille for Sunday night&#8217;s Ligue 1 fixture.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian and his assistant Raffaele Longo were both injured and required medical treatment upon arrival at the Stade Velodrome, with the match subsequently postponed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/06\/77206651-0-image-a-14_1698733398801.jpg\" height=\"753\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lyon manager Fabio Grosso required 13 stitches after suffering severe injuries as the team bus was attacked by hooligans in Marseille\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Italian journalist Gianluca di Marzio, the outcome could have been even worse for Grosso.<\/p>\n<p>A bottle full of beer just missed his left eye, opening up a cut near to his eyebrow as it brushed past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grosso was left bleeding profusely after shards of glass struck his face.<\/p>\n<p>He was later seen heavily bandaged having received medical attention once the bus arrived at the stadium. His assistant Longo reportedly suffered an eye injury from the flying glass.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon club president John Textor, speaking on Amazon Prime Video, said Grosso &#8216;couldn&#8217;t hold a conversation [because] he has shards of glass in his face.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Textor added: &#8216;I am very angry &#8211; our players, our coach, prepared for tonight and the fans wanted to see the game played.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Once the window was broken, other projectiles hit him, just above the eye. There were beer bottles, which hit him on the forehead.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Lyon players looked visibly shaken as they disembarked from the bus and they opted not to play the game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/06\/77206653-0-image-a-2_1698733207868.jpg\" height=\"866\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Grosso was pictured bloodied and covered in shards of glass after the attack on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/06\/77206657-0-The_Italian_coach_required_medical_attention_after_shards_of_gla-a-12_1698733304539.jpg\" height=\"652\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Italian coach required medical attention after shards of glass were embedded in his face<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/06\/77206659-0-Grosso_was_pictured_wearing_bandages_after_receiving_treatment_a-a-10_1698733285052.jpg\" height=\"587\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Grosso was pictured wearing bandages after receiving treatment at the Stade Velodrome<\/p>\n<p>Six buses carrying visiting Lyon fans were also targeted with a video showing a group throwing objects including fireworks at one of their vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Marseille confirmed nine assailants had been arrested and that five officers had suffered injuries in the skirmishes that ensued on Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rivalry between Marseille and Lyon dates back to 1945 and is branded the &#8216;Choc des Olympiques&#8217;, which translates to &#8216;Clash of the Olympics&#8217;, and has often been a combustible fixture off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Lyon noted incidents such as Sunday night&#8217;s were far from isolated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Lyon regrets that this type of situation occurs every years in Marseille,&#8217; it read, adding the club &#8216;invites the authorities to take stock of the seriousness and repetition of this type of incident before an even more serious tragedy occurs.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marseille president Pablo Longoria described the attacks as &#8216;completely unacceptable&#8217;, with the club issuing a statement condemning &#8216;this violent behaviour which has no place in the world of football and in society.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident drew widespread condemnation from the French press, while the country&#8217;s\u00a0sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera described the scenes as &#8216;revolting&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These images are revolting. Seeing the stoned bus like that, the bloody face of Fabio Grosso,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/06\/77206663-0-image-a-8_1698733253973.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Several windows were left shattered on the Lyon team bus following the attack in Marseille<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/06\/77206661-0-image-a-9_1698733262671.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lyon fans tried to break the net preventing them from accessing the pitch inside the ground<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/06\/77206655-0-The_Ligue_1_match_was_postponed_with_the_French_authorities_set_-a-13_1698733379478.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Ligue 1 match was postponed with the French authorities set to decide when it will be replayed and whether supporters can attend<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These are unacceptable acts which go against the very values of football and sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hope that the investigation will be carried out quickly, that the perpetrators are found and they are severely punished.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grosso has earned just one point in four games since replacing Laurent Blanc in charge of Lyon last month, leaving the club bottom of the table in Ligue 1 and still looking for their first league win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Marseille, meanwhile, are ninth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12691831\/Lyon-Fabio-Grosso-stitches-facial-injury-Marseille-attack-hooligans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lyon coach Fabio Grosso reveals he needed 13 stitches to his face after suffering gruesome injuries as the team bus was attacked by hooligans in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-coach-fabio-grosso-reveals-he-needed-13-stitches-to-his-face\/\" title=\"Lyon coach Fabio Grosso reveals he needed 13 stitches to his face\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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