Crazy scenes in France!
The Ligue 1 duel between OGC Nice and Olympique Marseille on Sunday ended partly bloody. There were wild clashes between Marseille players and Nice fans. Three Marseille players, but also two Nice players, were injured.
Several Marseille stars were scratched during the scuffles.
The processing of the incidents will take a while. In addition to Guendouzi and Peres, Payet was also injured in the back.
Photo: twitter.com/RMCsport
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Luan Peres with bloody wounds on his neckPhoto: twitter.com/RMCsport
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Dimitri Payet’s scratched backPhoto: twitter.com/SRPblog
In addition, two Nice players, Jean-Clair Todibo and Justin Kluivert, are said to have been beaten by Marseille bodyguards, according to information from “RMC Sport”. The club itself claims that too.
“L’Equipe” reports that the public prosecutor’s office in Nice is investigating. So far, however, no one has been interrogated. According to “RMC Sport”, which cites a police source, three minors were arrested. They were later given to their parents.
The game was ultimately canceled when the score was 1-0 for Nice in the 75th minute. The trigger for the incredible pictures: Nice fans repeatedly threw bottles at the Marseille players. In the 75th minute, Marseille player Dimitri Payet (34) was hit by a water bottle from the Nice block and went down. Payet and teammates threw bottles back into the Nice home corner.
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Chaos and arguments in Nice: Fans of the home team stormed the field in the game between Nice and Marseille in the 75th minutePhoto: DAZN
The situation then escalated completely. Some angry supporters of Nice stormed over the barrier onto the lawn, attacked the Marseille players. Stewards and Nice professionals could not stop the angry fans. The guests defended themselves.
A video shows how Marseille fitness coach Pablo Fernandez (40) knocks out one of the forwards with a punch. He has only been with Olympique since March 2021 and previously worked as a fitness trainer for Athletic Bilbao, Sevilla FC and Celta Vigo from 2014 to 2018.
After the riot, the encounter was interrupted. The players from Nice, led by ex-Bundesliga professional Dante (37), wanted to continue playing. The Brazilian was with coach Christophe Galtier (55) and President Jean-Pierre Rivère (63) in the guest cabin and tried in vain to change Marseille’s mind. The Olympique professionals didn’t want to play anymore because they feared for their lives.
Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda (36) said on the club’s website: “We are clearly shocked by what happened. It is unacceptable to us that the fans can return to the field like this. After the spectators got to the square, it was completely unacceptable. For us players, security was no longer guaranteed. That is something we cannot tolerate. “
Benoît Payan, Mayor of Marseille, backed the Olympique players’ decision not to return to the field. He wrote on “Twitter”: “Injured players, poor security: the game should never have been restarted. Sad decision. I’m proud of my team that they didn’t take part in this masquerade. “
Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi counters: “The behavior of some fans was unacceptable, but the behavior of the Marseille President in the stands and the Marseille coach on the pitch were even more unacceptable.”
The club officials of the two teams also fought after the game. Marseille President Pablo Longoria (35): “The league has decided to continue the game. The referee was on our side. He has confirmed to coach Jorge Sampaoli and me that safety cannot be guaranteed. “
Nice president Rivere blames the Marseille players: “It’s unfortunate that it ended like this. What set the powder on fire is the reaction of the Marseille players, who threw the bottles back on the stands. “
He continued: “Everyone has decided to continue the game. I didn’t understand Marseille’s decision not to continue. “
How the game will be scored is not yet known. The league announces that the disciplinary committee is inviting the two clubs to a meeting on Wednesday 25 August 2021 after the serious incidents during the encounter between OGC Nice and Olympique de Marseille.
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