The first practical consequences take shape after the serious incidents which punctuated the Ligue 1 match Nice-Marseille on Sunday evening. The technical file for the installation of an anti-projectile device at the Allianz Riviera, the stadium of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), will be submitted to the authorities this week for validation, said Monday Nice Eco Stadium (NES), on site manager.
Pulleys had been installed on the roof of the stadium as part of tests, in order to complete a file jointly assembled for months by NES and OGC Nice. After the incidents on Sunday, the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes called for the installation of such a device, as did Jean-Pierre Rivère, the president of OGC Nice.
The processing of such an application for a building permit would take a maximum of two months. According to NES, the establishment of the net, as soon as the green light from the administration, would be quite fast. The anchoring, adjustments and final tests would take two weeks.
Installation possible at the beginning of November
The goal of the manager of the enclosure of Nice is for this net 70 meters wide and 16 high to be deployed in front of the south turn of the Allianz Riviera for the Nice-Montpellier match on November 7.
Sunday, the match between Nice and Olympique de Marseille was definitively interrupted in the 78th minute of the game, after the Marseille playmaker, Dimitri Payet, who was about to take a corner, was the target of some ultra Nice supporters.
Hit in the back by a plastic water bottle, Payet returned the projectile to the audience. It was then that a few dozen Nice supporters invaded the lawn, causing a general fight between supporters, players from both teams and members of the management of the two clubs.
The disciplinary committee of the LFP (Professional Football League) is due to look into these incidents on Wednesday, with representatives of the two clubs.
