The speech is amazing.
Out of step with reality.
After the sad events which led to the final end of the match between Nice and OM, the president of the Riviera club, during the press conference, pointed out ... the Marseillais, responsible according to him for the invasion of land at the Allianz Riviera.
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Everyone saw what happened, we had water bottle throws, we cannot dispute it because we were able to see them.
What ignited the powder was the reaction of two Marseille players who rejected these bottles and other bottles on the platform of our supporters.
Afterwards, it was linked with, which I deplore, the Marseille security service which does not have to intervene on the ground and hit our players,
”accused Jean-Pierre Rivière.
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The Marseille security service did not have to intervene on the ground and hit our players.
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Jean-Pierre Riviere
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Two players were hit but that's not the point of the debate. The debate is that we had a meeting with the prefect, the municipality, Pablo Longoria, me, and the referee, who was hesitant about resuming the match because he was not sure that safety was guaranteed. The services assured him that there was no problem. They had identified two difficulties, the invasion of the field which was controlled but in the visitors' stands, there were projectiles thrown at our supporters. What is clear is that everyone has decided to resume the game. The prefect asked to resume, the police officials said there was no problem. I did not quite understand the decision of the Marseillais not to want to resume
",targets the president of the OGCN.
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Before ensuring that he had obtained guarantees from the supporters of Nice.
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There was fifteen minutes left and I told the supporters that it was not admissible, which they had done with the bottle throwing, but I said to them: 'guarantee me that there will be no no problem".
They guaranteed it twice and I was convinced that the match could have resumed and that it would go well.
But unfortunately, the Marseillais did not want to take it back.
Of which act.
They took refuge behind the fact that it had also happened in Montpellier, and that the match had to be stopped in Nice.
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