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Marseille president Vincent Labrune hopes to avoid further sanctions

Marseille president Vincent Labrune does not expect his club to face further sanctions after taking measures to address crowd trouble that marred last month's match against Lyon.

Play was held up for over 20 minutes when some home supporters threw bottles and flares on to the pitch and also subjected Lyon's former Marseille winger Mathieu Valbuena to constant abuse.

As a provisional punishment, a league disciplinary commission ordered Marseille to close two stands behind each goal for their next home match.

The committee is set to deliver a final verdict on the issue on Thursday Oct. 15, with a point deduction one of the potential penalties that has been discussed.

Directly after the Lyon game, Marseille announced that they would be reintroducing protective netting to prevent objects being thrown at players.

Speaking on French radio station RTL on Wednesday, Labrune pointed out that the club had also ensured supporters did not travel to the Paris Saint-Germain game in order to ease tensions and had changed their ticketing system to improve security.

He feels Marseille have done everything they can and had already been strongly enough condemned by a "media tribunal."

"After that I'd emphasise -- it might sound silly but it's better saying it -- there were no deaths, no injuries, no confrontations, no pitch invasions," Labrune said. "What there was was three bottles thrown. That's something that we condemn.

"We're going to make sure that it won't happen again but it's something that happens frequently in football.

"There's a system of laws in place and there's no reason that we might be punished beyond the existing scale."

Labrune also indicated that Marseille may seek new investors so that they would have a more competitive team in future.