Match called off after coach left bleeding in attack
A match in one of Europe's top five leagues had to be called off as shocking scenes saw one side's coach left with a bloodied face after an attack on Sunday night.
Following the incident with the team bus, French football's governing body, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, had an emergency meeting at which it was decided that game be called off as tensions at the ground continued to rise, with other buses carrying club supporters also being targeted with rocks.
The club added that it"regrets that this type of situation occurs every year in Marseille" and invited authorities"to take stock of the seriousness and repetition of this type of incident before an even more serious tragedy occurs". Meanwhile, Marseille said in a statement that the side"deplores the unacceptable incidents which took place".
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