Pablo Longoria fully supports the decision of Olympique Marseille players not to resume the away game against OGC Nice on Sunday night. According to the president, the safety of the players was endangered by the much-discussed incident after an hour of play. Dimitri Payet got a bottle thrown at his head and immediately threw the bottle back. It led to great anger among the fans of Nice, who entered the field en masse. Marseille now threatens a regular 3-0 defeat.
“The competition organizer wanted to resume the competition,” Longoria explained to the French media. “But for the safety of our players, we have decided not to appear on the field anymore. The safety of the players could not be guaranteed.” The disbelief of the president of Marseille is great. “It is already the second time that we have experienced this. It happened before against Montpellier, where we decided to continue after the decisions made. But what has happened now is completely unacceptable. The referee (Benoît Bastien, red) .) was with us and confirmed that the safety of the players could not be guaranteed, yet Ligue 1 wanted the game to resume, really unacceptable.”
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— Ziggo Sport Football (@ZS_Voetbal) August 22, 2021
Nice president Jean-Pierre Rivère refuses to criticize his own supporters in the aftermath of the duel with Marseille. He puts the blame on the players of the visiting club. “The referee was hesitant to resume the game, but the security services informed him that there were no problems,” it said in the French press. “Eventually everyone decided to play again. I don’t quite understand Marseille’s decision. It all seemed to be going well, but our opponent didn’t want to anymore,” said Rivère, who did not hide his opinion about the Marseille players. banks stick.
“It’s all pretty clear. Water bottles were thrown and the reaction of two Marseille players eventually derailed things. Marseille security didn’t have to come on the pitch and hit our players,” Rivère concluded in clear terms. . According to RMC Sports Justin Kluivert is one of the players who was hit by the security people of Marseille. In the catacombs, Dimitri Payet, among others, showed how badly he had been beaten by the angry supporters of Nice. In the French media there is much to do about the disturbances of Sunday evening. L’Equipe comes up with the term ‘unacceptable’, while Nice-Matin refers to ‘pathetic’ behaviour.
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