OGC Nice - Olympique Marseille: the presidents of both clubs blame each other for ending the match

"The League had decided to resume. We decided, for the safety of our players, who were attacked, not to resume the match. It's already the second time, we experienced this in Montpellier (Montpellier HSC - Olympique de Marseille, 2-3, Matchday 1 of the Ligue 1 Uber Eats on 08/08/2021) and we decided to continue. But what happened today is completely unacceptable," said Pablo Longoria, president of Olympique de Marseille, after the incidents and the interruption of the OGC Nice - Olympique de Marseille game (Matchday 3 of the 2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats season) at the Allianz Riviera on 22/08/2021.

The match was interrupted in the 74^th minute by referee Benoît Bastien after Nice fans invaded the pitch: Marseille's Dimitri Payet, who was hit in the back by a projectile, had returned one of the many bottles of water that were aimed at him each time he went to take a corner near the stand. OGC Nice were leading 1-0 at the time.

"I know very well that the match could have been restarted, everyone was up for it. The prefect, the head of the security service. (...) Unfortunately, the…