‘What’s this nonsense?’ Pitch-invading fan chases down Messi & halts PSG assault IN fiery assembly with Marseille (VIDEO)

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French soccer witnessed extra ugly scenes in Sunday’s ‘Le Classique’ fixture between Marseille and PSG as Lionel Messi was chased by a pitch invader and Neymar wanted safety from being pelted by objects.

The newest installment of the most important rivalry in Ligue 1 resulted in a Zero-Zero draw on the Stade Velodrome, the place the guests have been pressured to play a lot of the second half with 10 males after Achraf Hakimi was despatched off on 57 minutes.

League leaders PSG settled for a degree however had been trying to catch Marseille out on the counter-attack within the 73rd minute when Messi raced ahead with the ball, then slicing inside as he approached the opposition penalty space.

It was territory from which the Argentine has punished rivals so usually down the years, however on this event the assault was pressured to an surprising halt as a white-jacketed pitch invader tore up the pitch in the direction of him, ultimately catching up as play was stopped.

The fan appeared to place his arm round Messi earlier than safety employees arrived and eliminated him from the pitch.

“What is that this nonsense? The place is the safety?” commented one offended fan on social media.

The favored ‘Get French Soccer Information’ Twitter account referred to as the incident “flabbergasting.” 

It wasn’t the one disruption on a fiery night time within the South of France.

Brazilian ace Neymar needed to be surrounded by riot shields to guard him from being pelted by objects from the house crowd when he took corners earlier than being substituted within the 83rd minute.

The fixture ended goalless after each groups had strikes dominated out for offside in an eventful first half. The consequence means Mauricio Pochettino’s PSG are nonetheless seven factors clear on the prime of the Ligue 1 desk with 28 factors, forward of Lens in second.

Marseille, managed by Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, lie fourth with 18 factors from their 10 video games.  

Marseille will play their subsequent fixture on Wednesday in opposition to third-placed Good, which will probably be a re-run of the match which was deserted amid severe crowd bother between the native rivals again in August.

That was a part of a sequence of unsavory scenes in French soccer this season.

In September, the northern derby between Lens and Lille was overshadowed by a pitch invasion that delayed the beginning of the second half, and one fan was mentioned to have masturbated within the course of rival supporters within the stands.

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