The Nantes-Le Havre meeting, scheduled for the 12thmy The Ligue 1 matchday, Sunday, November 24 at the Beaujoire stadium, was interrupted for half an hour in added time of the second half, when Nantes fans tried to invade the pitch while Nantes lost 2-0.
The fans in the Loire stands threw projectiles onto the pitch and broke a first security perimeter when entering the pitch, prompting the intervention of CRS and security agents.
The referee then interrupted the match for several minutes, before sending the players back to the locker room and whistled a “crisis unit” to determine if the match should be permanently interrupted or if the remaining few minutes should be played in added time.
“We put together a crisis unit and, after listening to everyone we spoke to, it was decided to resume the meeting after a warm-up time for the players and ensure that safety conditions were met”the meeting delegate announced, after about half an hour of interruption.
Tennis balls and toilet paper thrown onto the court
Immediately afterwards, the players of both teams returned to the field of play and, after a brief warm-up, the few minutes that remained to be played ended.
The fans in the Loire stands had already briefly interrupted the match in the first half by throwing tennis balls and toilet paper towards the goal of Alban Lafont, the Nantes goalkeeper. They left the stadium and calm returned a few minutes after the match was interrupted.
Nantes have not won in Ligue 1 for 3 yearsmy day, August 31, and victory in Montpellier (3-1). The club occupies 16my place in the championship, that of play-off player, which is solely due to Angers’ late defeat at Auxerre at the same time (1-0).
