Violence scandal near Nice against Marseille
The derby between Nice and Marseille was canceled because players and fans fought. The club bosses also had an exchange of blows.
On Sunday evening, however, the situation in the derby between Nice and Marseille escalated completely. Marseille's Dimitri Payet wants to kick a corner in the 75th minute and is pelted with countless objects by the Nice fans. OCG players rush over and try to reassure their followers.
Payet himself is pissed off and throws a plastic bottle back into the audience. That brings the barrel to overflow. Several Nice fans storm the place and want to go on the Marseille players. The folders are completely overwhelmed. The game is canceled. The local authorities later give permission to continue the match. But the Marseille players are not coming back on the field. The match is rated 1-0 for Nice.
But it was not only heated in the field, but also in the presidential box. Then Jean-Pierre Rivere, club boss of Nice, and Marseille president Pablo Longoria clashed. “They grabbed each other by the collar, the bodyguards had to separate them,” said a witness from the scene.
Longoria later said: “What happened today is totally unacceptable. The league has decided to whistle the game again. We have decided not to continue the game for the safety of our players who have been attacked.” Rivere countered: “It's a disappointment that the game turned out like this. Everyone saw what happened. What set the powder on fire is the reaction of the Marseille players who threw the bottles back on the stands.”
The Nice boss also said: “What is certain is that everyone has decided to continue the game. The referee asked for the game to be restarted. And those in charge of the security service stated that there was no problem Not to continue the game, not really understood. “
