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A nine year old soccer player was beaten and taken off in a stretcher in a match that has inflamed tensions in France

https://www.paris-normandie.fr/id716885/article/2026-05-10/hauts-de-france-deux-clubs-de-football-appellent-au-calme-apres-lagression-dun

>Two amateur football clubs in Hauts-de-France called for calm on Sunday, May 10, 2026, after the attack on Friday of a 9-year-old player following a match between two of their teams, which triggered numerous hateful, insulting or racist comments online, after the revelations by La Voix du Nord .

>AS Auchy-les-Mines had lamented on Friday that after the final of a U10-U11 tournament in Pas-de-Calais, five children from the opposing team of AFC Creil had " violently attacked " one of its players, Mattheo. The young player from AS Auchy-les-Mines had to be stretchered off and taken to the hospital for tests.

>The Auchy-les-Mines club joined AFC Creil on Sunday to " denounce the wave of hatred and racism suffered " by this club on social media since the case was publicized, and also deplored on Facebook " the political exploitation ".

>Several political figures, particularly from the far right, have reacted to this attack, including Marine Le Pen: " Ultra-violence is now affecting competitions reserved for children ," the leader of the National Rally and member of parliament for Pas-de-Calais said indignantly on Sunday on X.

u/Sometypeofway18 — 10 days ago