Nice were leading 1-0, but the game did not end. A week after a match in Montpellier was halted, after supporters also threw bottles onto the pitch, again against Marseille, French football experienced more trouble on the second weekend of the new season which has seen crowds return to stadiums after a year behind closed doors.
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Kalu collapsed in the sixth minute of the match against Marseille and briefly resumed play after he had walked off the pitch.
The defeat left Andre Villas-Boas’s team on the brink of elimination
Payet, who scored six goals and made 11 assists in the league last season, pulled the strings at the heart of their midfield
The Olympique de Marseille captain limped off during the Europa League final with a suspected thigh injury.
Salzburg produced a rousing second-half performance to wipe out a 2-0 first-leg deficit, but Marseille became the first French side to reach a European final since 2004
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Lille OSC had struggled on home soil this season, failing to win any of their last five matches
Payet announced his desire to leave the Hammers earlier this month
The former Sweden international also helped the Red Devils remain unbeaten throughout December, winning five consecutive Premier League games
Iceland will return to their country as heroes having enjoyed a remarkable tournament
The Merseyside outfit were down to 10 men from the 34th minute following Kevin Mirallas’s dismissal for a second bookable offence, and after Lukaku missed a second-half penalty, they were punished by the visitors