One of the banners hostile to Jacques-Henri Eyraud, installed in Marseille.

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Adrien Max / 20 Minutes

  • About 300 supporters entered the Commanderie to express their anger against Jacques-Henri Eyraud.

  • Incidents and degradations took place, the defender Alvaro would have received a projectile on the back.

  • Faced with the fear of some OM players after this enormous pressure, the LFP decided to postpone the match.

An impressive and rarely seen blow of anger, memories of supporters.

Violent incidents broke out this Saturday afternoon in front of the Olympique de Marseille training center.

Around 300 supporters gathered at the very beginning of the afternoon in the 12th arrondissement of Marseille, before coming to express their dissatisfaction in front of the Commanderie.

“As soon as they arrived, smoke was thrown over the gates en masse.

It was a real shower of smoke, ”relates a subscriber to the South bend.

It was at this time that cypress trees caught fire at the entrance to the Commandery.

"It started to break everything"

In the process, some supporters have managed to get into the training center, a priori through neighboring fields.

“It started to smash everything, every three seconds you had windows that were shattered, firecrackers exploding.

It was so hot!

The supporters asked to see Eyraud, but it was Alvaro who came out ”, testifies a member of another group of the south turn.

Thank you to the valiant.

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The trainer André Villas Boas, as well as the captain, Steve Mandanda, and Valentin Rongier would also have gone out to calm the anger of the demonstrators, before repatriating inside the Commandery.

It is at this moment that the defender Alvaro, would have received a projectile in the back, without being necessarily targeted.

"It was swinging in all directions, guys were collecting onions in the fields and throwing them blindly towards the Commandery", continues the same supporter.

Postponement of the match

The police then intervened in force, with tear gas and Flash-Ball, seven police officers were injured and three cars damaged.

The police arrested 25 people.

The LFP announced the postponement of the match, without the new date being communicated for the moment.

This postponement would come after the fear of many OM players in the face of this outburst of violence.

Anger has been brewing in Marseille for several weeks, especially against Jacques-Henri Eyraud.

Many banners demanding his departure, but also hostile to Payet or Thauvin, had been installed Saturday morning by groups of supporters.

This is the first time since the start of the season, and the games behind closed doors because of the Covid-19, that all the groups of supporters have agreed on a common action.

And what action.

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