The Lyon bus was pelted with stones on the way to the match.
Fabio Grosso was left with a head injury after the attack on the Lyon bus Lyon manager Fabio Grosso was left bleeding from the head after Marseille fans attacked his team’s bus on the way to a Ligue 1 match on Sunday evening. Rocks were thrown at the Lyon team bus, smashing windows and Grosso was cut by shards of glass as a result. The Italian was seen bandaged and walking shortly afterwards but it was a significant cut that he suffered above his left eye.
Defeat at home to Clermont last time out left them at the foot of the table and in desperate need to turn their form around. Fabio Grosso was taking his struggling Lyon side to Marseille looking for their first league win of the season A statement from Ligue 1 read: ‘During the crisis unit meeting following the incidents that occurred outside the Vélodrome stadium on the route of its bus, Olympique Lyonnais made known its opposition to taking part in the meeting given the circumstances.
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