OGC Nice: the muscular exit of Jean-Pierre Rivère after the incidents against Cologne

Already faced with the same problem after the incidents against OM last season, Jean-Pierre Rivère, the president of OGC Nice, spoke again about the violent clashes seen during the draw conceded by the Aiglons on Thursday evening, against FC Cologne. A first group match of the Europa Conference League marred by shameful excesses. Present at a press conference this Friday, the Nice leader raised his voice. Bitter of the scenes experienced, Rivère thus denounced, with firmness, the violence which took place within the Allianz Riviera. I believe our Minister of Sports has summed it all up. That’s enough. When you experience that live, it’s terrible. When the next day you experience it a second time with hindsight, it’s even worse because we have images that are terrible. This is no longer possible. Football is a sport, a game, we welcome families, children, it is no longer bearable”, first launched the boss of the Gym before adding. The follow-up after this advertisement “The observation that I make is that in terms of security, if the stadium is divided into sectors, we secure things a little better, points out the president of the Gym. If we put three times more stewards, we can secure a little more. But at one point, there is an observation: There are Ultras and hooligans. These people, the hooligans, have no place in a football stadium or around it. Especially since these are people who, I think, are not on their first case. I am speaking in particular of certain Parisians. We have to find a solution so that these people no longer approach a stadium. A stadium is not a stress relief, it is not a place of fight, it is a place of sharing and sport. We are very, very far from that.” One thing is certain, these new clashes tarnish the image of football a little more, what is more after a past season, also marked by many excesses in this register.