US EditionNice Fans’ Fury Boils over: Players Attacked After Sixth Straight Loss
Supporters attacked players and staff after a sixth straight defeat; Jérémie Boga and Terem Moffi were seriously injured and given medical leave, club said.
- On Sunday, angry supporters confronted and attacked Nice players and staff at the training and academy centre, with some boarding the team bus, and OGC Nice condemned the incidents in a late Monday statement.
- After a sixth consecutive loss, 3-1 at Lorient on Sunday, Nice faced fan confrontations, three days after a 3-0 defeat at Porto, and a Champions League exit.
- L'Équipe reported that players and staff were spat on and punched after exiting the bus, with Jérémie Boga and Terem Moffi suffering multiple blows and receiving medical leave, while Florian Maurice was also assaulted.
- After 14 rounds, Nice sits 10th, 14 points behind leader Lens, having lost seven matches and conceded 26 goals, and faces Angers at home on Sunday.
- Coach Franck Haise warned `We're fighting for survival` on Sunday, while sporting director Florian Maurice blamed a lack of cohesion after Nice let a 1-0 lead slip against Lorient.
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The Ligue 1 club condemns "unacceptable incidents", two players are missing even injured after attacks.
According to ICI Azur, the two attackers Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga were prescribed seven days and five days of ITT respectively.
The situation in Nice became harmful: after a sixth consecutive defeat on Sunday, two players and the club's sports director were physically taken away by their own fans in front of the training centre on the night from Sunday to Monday.
On Sunday, on returning from their Ligue 1 match in Lorient, the members of the Nice football team received a heated welcome in front of the club's training centre from many supporters, dissatisfied with six consecutive losses.
Two players and the sports director of Nice were physically caught by their own fans in front of the training center, on the night of Sunday to Monday, on the return of a new defeat to the...
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