Furious fans riot in Marseille

The crisis at Marseille gets deeper and deeper with the French giants’ interminable struggles on the field leading to mockery from their own fans, who have turned on the team as well as the club’s owner.

Marseille’s 0-0 draw at home to Bordeaux in Ligue 1 on Sunday was played out to fan protests at the team’s struggles that featured banners depicting goats and the Benny Hill theme tune being played from the stands.

But, along with the humour, the supporters also continued their theme of fury at the perceived apathy of owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus.

“Margarita rich incompetent heiress get lost!” read one banner unfurled behind the goal at the north end of the Stade Velodrome, while another read: “Margarita go back to your real job, housewife.”

The game itself ended in more bad blood with around 200 supporters having to be dispersed by riot police firing tear gas.

Marseille are on a club record run of 14 home top-flight games without a win. Home or away, they have not won in nine and as a result they are not safe yet from the threat of relegation, with just six points separating them from the drop zone and five matches still to play.