Harrowing scenes in France
Fans storm the team bus and beat players
12/02/2025 – 12:44 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Nice started the new Ligue 1 season with great ambitions. The club is currently a long way from these ambitions. Some fans are angry – and are going overboard.
The French club OGC Nice has lost six games in a row. In the Europa League, the French are last out of 36 teams without a point, and in the domestic Ligue 1 the ambitious club currently finds itself in the middle of the table. The mood is at rock bottom and reached a new low at the weekend. After the game in Lorient, hundreds of fans reportedly waited at the training ground in Nice to confront the team.
But it shouldn’t just be a battle of words. According to “L’Équipe” and “RMC Sport”, individual fans stormed the team bus and beat players Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga. According to “RMC Sport” they were even said to have been spat on and racially insulted. Sports director Florian Maurice was also the target of the attacks.
As “L’Équipe” reports, coach Franck Haise is said to be thinking about resigning and Boga and Moffi are said to be refusing to play for Nice again. Other players should also think about their future.
According to information from AFP, “L’Équipe” and “RMC Sport”, Boga will be unable to work for five days. The attacked person filed a complaint against unknown persons. Moffi is also said to have been beaten and unable to work. “This physical violence is unacceptable,” the players’ union UNFP said on Monday evening and announced that it had “immediately contacted” Boga and Moffi.
The affected people want to sue the attackers under civil law. The LFP league association has meanwhile announced that it will join the lawsuits of those affected as a civil party. The LFP announced this on Tuesday. It is about “fully supporting the players and helping to ensure that these serious incidents are fully investigated.” “These completely unacceptable attacks violate the integrity of the players and the values of football,” the statement said.