Nice radical fans jumped on the Allianz Riviera turf to attack the Marseille players, so the match was suspended with a quarter of an hour to go.
The home crowd cheered when, after 74 minutes, ‘s play was disheartening. The situation caused a widespread brawl and the players left the court.
The match between Nice and Marseille is suspended after Dimitri Payet was hit with a bottle and fans will jump on the court. pic.twitter.com/RBxygu5PyC
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The altercation was generated when Dimitri Payet was about to take a corner and returned a bottle thrown earlier from the north bottom, where the radical supporters of the local box are located. Numerous fans in the area passed the security checkpoint and burst onto the lawn.
The referee, Benoit Bastien, temporarily suspended the match, which took place with the advantage of Nice (1-0) after a goal scored in the 49th minute by the Danish Kasper Dolberg.
Afterwards, Marseille did not appear on the pitch. After more than an hour of interruption, the referee and the players of the Nicense team jumped on the grass, but the Marseille team decided to leave the stadium.
Players searched the locker room tunnel. The visiting coach, the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, faced some fans and had to be controlled by his coaching staff.
The president of Nice, Jean Pierre Rivere, went down from the box to the field and went to the bleachers area to try to bring calm.
Then, in the locker room and with calm spirits, it was decided to resume the game, which Marseille opposed.