Three days after the violent incidents which punctuated the end of the match between Nice and Marseille at the Allianz Riviera, the disciplinary committee of the LFP pronounced its first sanctions. If the file was placed under investigation, it took two precautionary measures with the next match behind closed doors for Nice and the suspension of Pablo Fernandez.
The enclosure in Nice will ring hollow on Saturday for the arrival of Bordeaux. The formation of Christophe Galtier will have to do without his supporters at least for this 4th day of Ligue 1. But this closed session could be extended, while the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes Bernard Gonzalez has already ordered the closure “for the next four games played at home ”from the People’s South tribune and that the disciplinary committee will make its sanctions final on September 8.
While waiting for them to be known, Jorge Sampaoli’s deputy Pablo Fernandez was suspended “from all official duties” for having hit a supporter who came down on the lawn. And he risks a heavy penalty. But it is not the only one. Other “players in the game” risk being sanctioned after the ground was invaded, following projectiles thrown at Dimitri Payet, which caused clashes involving players, management members, supporters and even leaders in presidential platform.
Pending final decisions, “the result of the match is not counted in the classification of Ligue 1,” said the body. All scenarios are still possible between a sustained victory in Nice, which led to the score at the time of the interruption in the 75e minute (1-0), defeat on the green carpet, game to replay, play the last 15 minutes or victory attributed to OM. Verdict in two weeks.