The alleged attacker, who was still in custody Saturday night, was one of the team's players, who had a conflicting relationship with his coach.

A man, amateur football coach in a team in Vauvert in the Gard, was killed in the night from Friday to Saturday with stabbings, investigators favoring the trail of conflict in the club, according to a source close to the record .

The alleged attacker, who was still in custody Saturday night, was one of the team's players, who had a conflicting relationship with his coach, according to the source. "During the deadly fight, there would have been an altercation around football," she said.

"Conflicting relationship" with a player

The two men had "relations of conflict between them for some time," said for his part the deputy prosecutor of Nimes Stanislas Vallat, who opened an investigation for murder.

The deadly brawl took place around 22:30, Bosquet neighborhood in Vauvert, between several people. Despite the rapid arrival of firefighters, the man is dead. The alleged perpetrator of the deadly assault was arrested shortly after midnight. The research brigade of the gendarmerie of Vauvert is in charge of the investigation.