The four Lyon fans arrested during disturbances ahead of their team's Champions League loss to Sevilla on Tuesday have all been handed suspended prison sentences as the Ligue 1 club decried the use of what they called "unjustified" violence by Spanish police.
One supporter was given a suspended two-year jail term with the three others handed suspended sentences of four months by a Seville court following the incidents that occurred outside Sevilla's Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium prior to Lyon's 1-0 defeat on Tuesday.
Lyon released a statement via their website on Wednesday claiming some 20 fans had been injured when police had roughly rounded them up to walk from the city centre to the stadium.
It added that officers had consistently ignored attempts at discussion with Lyon "spotters," people appointed by the French club to accompany their travelling support.
"Upon arrival at the stadium, and in front of representatives of Olympique Lyonnais and certain journalists, Spanish police again used force with, notably, very violent blows with truncheons handed out indiscriminately to men, women and children, but also to club representatives [stewards and club personnel]," the statement read.
"OL deplores the Spanish police's attitude, which contributes to feeding the climate of violence in football and ignores the organisation put in place by the clubs and UEFA, who ask clubs to have a liaison officer for fans, something OL has had for a number of years already."
Two fans spent the night in hospital after sustaining injuries during the disturbances. One of them, who had suffered an incident at the airport after the game having earlier been struck on the head by police, was being airlifted back to France on Wednesday, the statement claimed.
Speaking to L'Equipe in representation of the travelling Lyon fans, Benoit, a member of the Kop Virage Nord which houses Lyon's most fanatical ultras, said solely the police, and not Sevilla fans as some reports had claimed, were to blame for the problems.
"To be very clear, the Sevilla fans walked alongside us, and the vast majority were neither insulting nor aggressive. We were surrounded by a number of police officers, and when you go to a football match, getting arrested is the goal of no supporter," he said.
He added that he was -- along with nine others -- initially barred from the stadium before eventually being allowed in but without the right to use the toilet or get anything to eat or drink.
"We were faced with an inexplicable explosion of violence."