Tensions in Marseilles. The police had to intervene Wednesday evening in Marseille to “avoid clashes” between Greek and Marseille supporters, on the eve of the quarter-final first leg of the Europa League Conference between OM and PAOK Salonika. According to the Bouches-du-Rhône police headquarters, the public security police, supported by CRS, intervened “by using tear gas canisters”.
Some of the Greek supporters who arrived in Marseille on Wednesday evening did not respect the order taken as a security measure prohibiting them from arriving in a formed and identifiable group, explained the Bouches-du-Rhône police headquarters. They were then “tracked by a group of Marseille supporters who left the Old Port, heading for their hotel”.
Greek fans defaced their hotel
Some Greek supporters tried to leave their hotel “to fight it out”, but they were blocked by the police inside, “where they committed damage”. For their part, the Marseille supporters were dispersed and returned to the Old Port.
