It was to be a back-to-school match between Nice and Cologne for the Europa League Conference on the Promenade des Anglais.
The match, which was scheduled to start at 6:45 p.m., will not take place today.
It is postponed.
Blame it on furious German supporters who turned part of Nice upside down.
On the stroke of 6 p.m., violent clashes broke out inside the Allianz Riviera, the Nice stadium.
The Germans tried to join the Niçois to fight it out.
A supporter, apparently German, fell from a stand and was seriously injured.
He was taken care of by firefighters at the scene.
It would be in “absolute emergency” The police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
I deplore the uncivil and scandalous behavior of @fckoeln supporters and the disrespect of the city which welcomes them in a generous and fraternal way.
We will send invoices related to damage and cleaning of public spaces to the Cologne club.
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— Christian Estrosi (@cestrosi) September 8, 2022
Already in the middle of the afternoon, the supporters of Cologne had ransacked the official store of OGC Nice, disrupted road traffic and forced the security forces to close the Promenade des Anglais.
Facts that angered the mayor of the city;
Christian Estrosi: “I deplore the uncivil and scandalous behavior of the supporters of Cologne and the lack of respect for the city which welcomes them in a generous and fraternal way.
We will send invoices related to damage and cleaning of public spaces to the Cologne club.
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