The Europa League sport between Marseille and Galatasaray was interrupted for about 10 minutes after rival followers threw flares and firecrackers at one another on the Stade Velodrome.
The match ended 0-0 on Thursday, however pockets of rival followers have been preventing contained in the stadium greater than half-hour after the ultimate whistle.
Objects have been thrown in each instructions late within the first half, regardless of an elevated safety presence and a buffer zone between round 2,500 visiting followers and Marseille supporters.
Fans clashed with the police after the match. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard)
Referee Pawel Razkowski stopped the match as some police intervened to revive order.
Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim went to his aspect’s followers and tried to calm issues down, whereas Marseille captain Dimitri Payet did the identical.
The match resumed with nearly eight minutes remaining within the first half to the sound of firecrackers.
At the beginning of the second half there have been transient skirmishes between the stewards and a few Marseille followers.
Moments earlier than the ultimate whistle, Galatasaray ahead Mbe Diagne and Marseille defender William Saliba grabbed one another and pushed to the sting.
Marseille was not too long ago concerned in fan violence throughout a French league sport in Angers.
Last month’s Nice-Marseille match additionally had severe glitches. It was suspended and can run once more subsequent month.
In one other match this month, followers threw up ripped-up seats and tried to battle one another at halftime in the course of the northern derby between Lens and Lillee.
Turkish extremists typically journey in massive numbers. There have been fights earlier than the Paris Saint-Germain-Galatasaray sport two seasons earlier and when Lyon had hosted Besiktas 4 years earlier.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
