Eight supporters arrested on the sidelines of OM-Frankfurt in Marseille

The match has not yet taken place on the pitch but it has started in the streets of Marseille.

Monday evening, seven OM supporters and an Eintracht Frankfurt supporter were arrested by the police,

learned from the Bouches-du-Rhône police headquarters.

A Frankfurt supporter and a Marseille supporter were arrested after a brawl between two groups of around ten supporters each in the Old Port, according to the same source.

Earlier, four OM supporters were arrested for carrying a prohibited weapon.

A fifth Marseille supporter was arrested for contempt of person, depositary of public authority.

The match between Marseille and Frankfurt this Tuesday evening at the Stade Vélodrome as part of the Champions League promises to be high tension.

After the serious incidents of the Nice-Cologne match last Thursday, the arrival of many German supporters in Marseille is worrying.

According to

, several schools located around the Vélodrome will close their doors at 4:30 p.m. as a precaution.

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