The Ligue 1 membership Lille will pursue authorized motion towards a few of their followers after incidents of hate speech and racist insults within the guests' stands throughout their matches at Purple Star Belgrade and Strasbourg final week.
“LOSC strongly condemns the unacceptable behaviour noticed, in addition to the hateful feedback and racist insults made by sure people within the guests' part throughout journeys to Belgrade and Strasbourg final Thursday and Sunday,” the membership mentioned in a press release.
“Such behaviour is unacceptable and utterly opposite to the values that the membership persistently upholds and promotes.”
The assertion got here after testimonies and video footage circulated on social media displaying some Lille followers shouting racist remarks in Sunday's 2-0 loss at Strasbourg in Ligue 1. Lille additionally misplaced 1-0 at Purple Star within the Europa League final Thursday.
“Concrete measures had been taken this morning. A process to establish the people concerned is presently below method, with a view to submitting a number of complaints with the police authorities,” the membership mentioned.
“LOSC intends to pursue authorized motion towards them and search acceptable sanctions.”
