Lyon coach Fabio Grosso hurt after team bus hit by rocks - ESPN

The Lyon team bus was pelted with stones before Sunday's match against Marseille as the side made their way to the Stade Velodrome, with the game between the two Ligue 1 rivals later being postponed.

Footage showed damage to the bus windows and coach Fabio Grosso being led into the stadium by two assistants. He was covering his face with his hands, which were stained with blood.

Grosso was injured by falling shards of glass and needed medical treatment because his face was bleeding heavily.

«He can't hold a conversation, he had shards of glass in his face,» said Lyon's American owner John Textor. «I am very angry. Our players, our coach prepared themselves for tonight and our fans wanted to see the game be played.»

It wasn't clear less than an hour before kickoff whether French league officials would let the game be played in such circumstances, but after a meeting between players and coaches, officials decided not to play the match.

There was some debate over who wanted the game to be postponed, with Textor saying his side was ready to play and that the referees and league decided to call it off. However, referee François Letexier disputed that, telling French TV: «Lyon took the decision not to take part in the game. The players were in shock. Lyon didn't want to play.»

Fans were asked to leave the stadium calmly, while no immediate official announcement regarding plans for the game was made.

«The images of the OL bus attacked with stones and its supporters, and of Fabio Grosso's blooded face, are appalling,» French sports minister Amelie Oudea Castera said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. «These unacceptable acts deny the very values of soccer and sport, and the perpetrators must all be found and