OGC Nice-Marseille: "A historic opportunity to set an example has been missed" (P. Longoria, OM)

"The football authorities had a historic opportunity to set an example by making a point. These sanctions do not seem to take into account the toxic climate that surrounded the match during which their security was not guaranteed, which was acknowledged throughout the hearings," declared Pablo Longoria, president of Olympique de Marseille, on 09/09/2021.

Longoria was commenting on the LFP disciplinary committee's decisions, announced on 08/09/2021, regarding the abandonment of the Ligue 1 Uber Eats game (Matchday 3) between OGC Nice and Olympique de Marseille, at the Allianz Riviera on 22/08/2021.

The match "will be replayed behind closed doors on a relocated pitch," announced the disciplinary committee. The match was interrupted in the 74^th minute by referee Benoît Bastien after Nice fans invaded the pitch at the Allianz Riviera: 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 (goal scored by Danish player…