The Conference League semi-final second leg between OM and Feyenoord resulted in clashes before, during and following the match. 17 arrests were made.
French riot police have had a lot to do in recent days in Marseille.
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17 people were arrested during the incidents which broke out between supporters and the police in a tense atmosphere Thursday, on the sidelines of the semi-final second leg of the Conference League Marseille – Feyenoord (0-0), authorities announced. , this Friday.
Most of the supporters arrested were arrested for violence once morest a person holding public authority, and most are Marseilles, a police source said. The others were arrested for violence, attempted intrusion into the stadium, degradation or possession of smoke bombs.
The police used tear gas several times during the evening, including when the public left the Stade Vélodrome at around 11 p.m. Police remained around the Marseille sports enclosure until 1 a.m.
The meeting, classified as “level 5” (the maximum level) in terms of security by the authorities, generated chaos in Marseille, from the end of the followingnoon.
It was hot Thursday night at the Velodrome.
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From 6 p.m., traffic jams completely blocked the avenue du Prado leading to the stadium, for three hours, until kick-off. In the city center, most bars and pubs usually broadcasting the matches were closed, “due to insecurity”, they posted on their storefronts.
Wednesday, the day before the meeting, the Old Port had indeed been the scene of violent incidents between supporters of the two clubs, with Dutch people coming in large numbers. 20 people were arrested.
Incidents had already broken out on Wednesday at the Old Port.
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To avoid repeating the incidents between supporters, noted during the quarter-final between OM and the Greek club PAOK Salonika, the authorities had planned Thursday to group the Dutch people together before the match, in a “fan zone” on Prado beach.
But violent storms, and in particular hail, completely disrupted this system, and many Feyenoord fans finally went to the stadium, without using the buses normally provided, in apparently reduced numbers, testified Dutch journalists, deploring the lack reaction of the authorities to the weather.
In the stadium, Feyenoord supporters attacked journalists, throwing coins, smoke bombs, and even pieces of seats torn from their stands, according to testimonies collected on the spot.
During the second half of the match, the police present in the enclosure also had to intervene with tear gas once morest the parking lot bringing together some 3,200 Dutch supporters, while they threw smoke bombs.
(AFP)
