An endless match, and a big controversy.
While an investigation was opened after the incidents that led to the interruption of the Ligue 1 football match Nice-Marseille on Sunday evening, the Professional Football League announces that the two clubs convened by the Disciplinary Commission of the LFP .
In addition, three minors were arrested around 10:30 p.m. during the serious excesses which led to the interruption of the match, according to information from RMC Sport confirmed to Le Parisien.
However, the persons concerned have been handed over to their parents, and no police custody has actually taken place for the time being.
The Nice prosecutor's office has also confirmed that "there is no police custody" at this stage of the investigation.
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The derby between OGC Nice and Olympique de Marseille was interrupted for an hour and a half on Sunday evening.
In question, the invasion of the lawn by supporters after an incident which ignited the meeting: yet another plastic bottle thrown at the Marseille player Dimitri Payet, which the latter returned to the stand.
"Our players have been attacked," said Longoria
A security cordon of stewards, dressed in yellow vests, tried to stop the supporters, but blows were exchanged in different parts of the field, in a scrimmage between players of the two teams, supporters and stewards.
Nice led 1-0, but the match did not end: after 90 minutes of procrastination, the match was definitively stopped when the referee noted the absence of the Marseillais, despite the determination of the League (LFP) to resume the match.
Here is the reaction of Pablo Longoria, the president of @OM_Officiel this evening following the incidents in Nice #OGCNOM pic.twitter.com/snajPn2kNA
- Jacques Cardoze (@JacquesCardoze) August 22, 2021
"We decided for the safety of our players, who were attacked during the invasion of the field, not to resume because the safety of our players was not guaranteed", explained the president of OM, Pablo. Longoria, in a video sent to the media.
Nice wanted to resume the game.
“I know very well that the game could have resumed.
I was convinced that it would go very well ”, declared for his part the President of Nice Jean-Pierre Rivère.