France 24
Punch action from OM supporters at the Commanderie, match against Rennes postponed
Several hundred angry OM supporters carried out a coup on Saturday early afternoon at the Commanderie, the club’s training center, causing clashes which led to the arrest of 25 people, according to the police. Faced with events, the French championship meeting between Marseille and Rennes, initially scheduled for Saturday at 9:00 p.m., was postponed indefinitely. Another blow of anger. Several hundred OM supporters took a new action on Saturday, January 30 at the beginning of the afternoon at the club’s training center, the Commanderie, causing clashes which led to the arrest of 25 people according to the authorities. For several weeks, fans have been targeting the management of the Marseille club, as well as its president Jacques-Henri Eyraud. As a result, the Professional Football League (LFP) announced, at three hours of the match, the postponement of the Marseille-match. Rennes, initially scheduled for 9 p.m. The rescheduling date of the meeting was not set by the League In front of the Commanderie entrance, in a quiet area of Marseille, the supporters expressed their anger by throwing smoke and firecrackers, and some even managed to briefly enter the compound, AFP journalists noted. Three cypress trees growing in front of the central gate were charred in the incidents, during which at least two arrests took place. “300 OM supporters violently attacked the police present to secure La Commanderie. Immediate dispatch of reinforcements. to put an end to the degradations, “tweeted for its part the police headquarters of Bouches-du-Rhône, announcing 25 arrests. “@ prefpolice13 strongly condemns this unacceptable violence,” she added. Around 4 p.m., calm had returned to the spot, AFP journalists noted. Numerous banners opposing the OM leadership , and in particular to its president Jacques-Henri Eyraud, had already been deployed on Saturday in Marseille, a few hours before the Ligue 1 match against Rennes. For several weeks, protest operations have been organized by OM supporters before the matches home. This Saturday, the deployment of banners was particularly massive with dozens of messages appearing all over the city and widely reported on social networks. “Follow AVB, break you all”, “The Parisians, break”, “Give us back the OM”, “The Olympians hate you” or “Direction, c’est la fin”, could we read in particular on these banners installed on motorway bridges, roundabouts or even on the Corniche which overlooks Several of these messages are aimed directly at President Eyraud, who is very unpopular among OM supporters. The latter are particularly upset against him after an intervention in a conference on the management during which he had mentioned the “danger” to have too many Marseillais or supporters of OM within the club. “JHE: No Marseillais to OM? Get out of here “, could one read on a banner displayed above a fast lane, and” JHE, Marseille te vomit “on another installed roundabout of Prado, a few meters from the Stade Vélodrome. OM are currently only sixth in Ligue 1 after three consecutive defeats in the league.
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