MADRID, 12 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Sevilla FC fans will finally be able to travel to Lens and support their team inside the Bollaert-Delelis Stadium, after the French Council of State has upheld the appeal presented by the Sevilla entity against the French Government's ban on entry to the venue. and its surroundings to Nervion fans, according to a statement.
“The Council of State of France has upheld the appeal presented by the legal services of Sevilla FC, together with the French 'Association Nationale des Supporters', against the administrative resolution of the Pas de Calais Prefecture, which prevented Sevilla fans from attend the match this afternoon, on the last day of the group stage of the Champions League and against the Ministry of the Interior in a similar sense,” the Sevilla club announced.
Thus, the French Council of State overturns the French Government's initial veto of the 300 Seville fans with tickets for the match that starts this afternoon at 6:45 p.m. at the Lens stadium. “Sevilla FC is pleased that its fans present in France and around Lens can finally attend the match,” he celebrated.
However, the entity “equally regrets and will complain to UEFA about the damage that has been done to many other fans” who have given up traveling to the French city “in the face of the uncertainty and threat” posed by the French Government's decree. . “The club will provide all its help to the fans who have been harmed,” Sevilla insisted.
This Monday, the French Government prohibited Sevilla FC fans from entering the Bollaert-Delelis Stadium of Lens, as well as from approaching the surrounding area, according to a prefectural decree issued by the Executive, and given the “real and serious risk of confrontation between the followers of both clubs”. They even marked as sanctions sentences of 6 months in prison and fines of 30,000 euros.