Razvan Lucescu, the Romanian coach of PAOK Salonika, assured Wednesday that he did not regret the remarks made after the first leg against OM, marked by serious incidents between supporters, when he had advised fans against Marseille to travel for the second leg.
Clashes between supporters of the two clubs had taken place the day before the match and had continued before and during the match.
Thirty police officers were injured and a dozen people arrested.
OM won 2-1 in the quarter-final first leg of the Europa League Conference.
“A very bad image”
“In the return match, I hope that Marseille will be received as we have been received here.
I'm very disappointed with what I saw today, it's a very bad image for the city of Marseille," Lucescu said then, before dropping in a low voice as he left the meeting room. press: "Your supporters had better not come.
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"I do not regret my words," he assured Wednesday at a press conference in Thessaloniki, on the eve of the return match.
“I'm not saying that we came for a party, but at least to experience something beautiful and to have fun.
And that's not what happened,” he explained.
“What I said was correct.
Rather than criticizing my words, people in Marseille would do better to criticize what happened at home during two crazy days, the attitude of OM supporters and the organization,” added Lucescu.
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