The life of the club has been quite tumultuous these past few days, and it remains to be hoped that all these extracurricular affairs will not make an already complicated end of the season even more difficult.
First of all, the events that took place last Saturday at the Allianz Riviera are at the center of the news: “Given the seriousness of the events, the Commission had urgently summoned the leaders of OGC Nice. After hearing from the leaders of OGC Nice, the commission decided to place the matter under investigation and, as a precautionary measure, orders the closure of the Tribune Populaire Sud,” says the LFP’s statement.
Moreover, how can anyone hope to silence such behavior? A tiny fraction of the Nice supporters, who are not on their first offense, left the LFP with little room for leniency.
How do you say in Niçois: dura lex sed lex?
Then, we learned that Souleymane Diawara, absent from training on Wednesday and Thursday, has been incarcerated in the Baumettes prison in Marseille. The 36-year-old footballer is said to be involved in an assault case.
The former Senegalese international (36 years old) had initially been held in custody in Digne-les-Bains. The public prosecutor has refused to comment.
Out of respect for his privacy, and as no official statement has been released, we will leave it at that.
A turbulent week indeed, not really the most conducive to preparing for a perilous trip to Reims where the Nice team has much at stake at this end of the season.
When it rains, it pours…
