Tonight, the derby between OGC Nice and Olympique de Marseille did not come to an end. Suspended for more than an hour and a half after throwing projectiles, an invasion of the field and clashes between the actors but also the supporters, the meeting was definitively stopped.
At the end of the meeting, the President of Nice, favorable to the resumption of the meeting, explained that he did not understand the decision of the Marseillais at a press conference. According to him, order was restored in the stands with the presence of CRS in front of the popular south.
His reaction :
“It’s a disappointment that it ends like this. Things are pretty clear. We had water bottles thrown, unfortunately what ignited the powder was the reaction of the Marseille players to reject the bottles in the stand Marseille security does not have to intervene on the field and hit our players. The referee was hesitant about resuming the match, the security services told him that there were no problems. Everyone has decided to resume the match, the Prefect, the people in charge of the security service. I did not quite understand the decision of our Marseille colleagues not to resume. I went to the stands, they guaranteed me that there would be no problem. Everyone said everything would be fine. The Marseillais did not want. “
A reaction that contrasts completely with that of Pablo Longoria. The president of Olympique de Marseille said he was scandalized before explaining that some of his players were attacked. He assured that the referee did not think that the safety of the players was guaranteed in the event of resumption of the game, “his decision was to stop the match”.
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