Ligue 1: Nantes vs Toulouse match definitively interrupted after Nantes supporters invade the Beaujoire pitch

After being relegated, supporters chased FC Nantes players towards the dressing rooms.

After twenty minutes of play, the 34th and final round match of Ligue 1 between FC Nantes and Toulouse was interrupted, first temporarily and then finally definitively, following the incursion of Nantes supporters onto the field on Sunday, May 17. Nantes, already relegated to Ligue 2, and Toulouse, in 10th place with no chance of improvement in the championship, were tied 0-0 when supporters from the Tribune Loire invaded the pitch.

Several dozen people dressed in black and wearing club-colored hoods forced their way onto the field with smoke bombs, prompting the 22 players to run towards their locker rooms.

Vahid Halilhodzic, the Nantes coach, tried to confront the supporters on the field but was held back by a staff member. He let out all his anger in the locker room in front of the cameras of Ligue 1+.

While most intruders returned to the stands, the match was temporarily interrupted “for security reasons” according to referee Stéphanie Frappart. A crisis cell was set up with LFP members and public authorities, and the match was definitively interrupted after 30 minutes.