OM may not have lost everything in the end.
Declared defeated on the green carpet, after the refusal to return to the Nice lawn on Sunday evening, the Marseillais will perhaps not lose this “derby of shame”, the scene of serious violence on Sunday evening.
While justice announced on Monday the opening of an investigation and that the French Professional Football League (LFP) announced the summons of Nice and OM before its disciplinary committee, the Marseille defeat cannot be -be not final.
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Indeed, confirming information from RMC Sport, AFP confirms that “according to a source within the authorities, the result of the match will not be validated before the meeting of this committee and that of the competitions committee.
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The LFP will decide
It is these bodies which, apart from foreseeable sanctions, will notably have to decide on the result of Nice-OM: either finish it (there were 15 minutes to play the Niçois were leading 1-0), or maintain the decision taken on the green carpet. or even give victory to the Marseillais.
In the meantime, the images of his violence continue to be controversial, especially in a context of health crisis and when the supporters are gradually returning to the stadiums, after being deprived of a stand for months. .
Incidents during Nice-OM: it is "an insult to football" for the Minister of Sports pic.twitter.com/tfaELiLRj4
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Asked about BFMTV, the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, said in particular: "Seeing it from the first football matches, it hurts, it's intolerable because the first of the conditions for a match to take place c 'is obviously to ensure the safety of the people who are on the field, the players, the referees, the coaches ”.
And to continue: “There are the sanctions, the stadium bans.
I am ready to reopen this file if necessary, if however we manage to identify the culprits in question, ”she said.