fans on the pitch, players beaten and reduced like this – Libero Quotidiano

It could have ended in tragedy Nice-Olympique Marseille, much felt derby of League 1., the top flight of the French football league. At 72 ‘the referee was forced to suspend the game due to the invasion of the field by the Rossoneri fans: during a corner kick, bottles and other objects departed from the Nice corner against the Marseille players. Dimitri Payet he reacts by violently withdrawing a bottle from the fans, who then jump over the billboards and attack him and other Olympique players.

At that point there was a crazy scene. The referee sent everyone back to the locker room. The Marseille players showed the signs of the scuffles they had with the home fans on their mobile phones: Luan Peres has a neck wound, Matteo Guendouzi abrasions on the shoulder. But after an hour, the referee, after consulting with the Prefect and the police, decided that the game had to resume. The Nice players returned to the center of the field, while the Olympique ones obviously refused. The result was 1-0 in favor of Nice, now the guests risk losing 3-0 at the table.

“A lot of things have happened – commented the president of Nice -. I told the OM that it was not a football problem but a problem of public order and responsibility. There is sport, public order, and we must resume the If he resumes, nothing will happen from the stands. Public order goes beyond football and wisdom, everyone agrees with the Prefecture, we need to resume the game “. The fear was that by permanently interrupting the game i 400 visiting fans of Marseille and the ultras of Nice could unleash a guerrilla war in the city.