Ball – How Payet’s reaction caused chaos in Nice-Marseille (Video) (France)

Marseille was eliminated from the match against Nice, in anticipation of the third round of Ligue 1, after the two teams left the field in the 75th minute, after clashes between the players and the fans.

The hosts were winning 1-0 (Dolberg’s goal at the start of the second half) when nerves were hopelessly high, near the 75th minute. Dimitri Payet was about to take a corner and probably hit a bottle from the runway; The France international came down on the field but quickly reciprocated, throwing bottles twice at the opposing fans – Alvaro Gonzalez did the same moments later.

The reaction to this disposition of the advanced temper was the worst, with a partial invasion of the field and attempts to attack the visiting players.

With coach Jorge Sampaoli out of control, the Marseille team retired to the dressing room in a tense atmosphere. There were steps taken by those in charge of Nice with their supporters in order to create the conditions for the opponent’s return during the last 15 minutes of the match, and the authorities and the delegates of the French League present gave approval so that the match could resume, but Marseille alleged insecurity and added that three players – Payet, Loan Perez and Gouhouzi – were injured in Clashes with the fans, and later appeared pictures of injured players.

??? As reported by ‘Amazon Prime Video’, a platform with rights to the French league, Luan Peres and Guendouzi, among others, suffered injuries and consequences to the neck after being caught. # League 1https://t.co/g4MfIH6kgw

– Mundodeportivo August 23, 2021

After more than an hour of faltering, referee Benoit Bastien decided to return to the field and resume the match, but only Nice returned to the field, prompting the referee to blow the final whistle.