VIDEO. “France, do you still want your peasants”: the Nîmes Olympique match against Rouen interrupted after the intrusion of farmers into the stadium
|Les agriculteurs ont interrompu la rencontre. ERIC DELANZY – Midi Libre
During this day of Friday January 26 disrupted by the demonstrations of French farmers, some of them entered the enclosure of the Antonins stadium in Nîmes, interrupting for several minutes the National meeting between the NO and Rouen, this Friday January 26.
The Nîmes – Rouen meeting counting for the 18th day of the National championship was delayed just before the start of the second period by the intrusion of farmers into the Antonins enclosure .
🚨Le début de la deuxième période de Nîmes – Rouen en National retardé suite à l’intrusion des agriculteurs, qui chantent la Marseillaise pic.twitter.com/zdkwPpcPrf
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"Support for Ariège"
Around 150 demonstrators, supervised by the police, entered the stadium, where they displayed two banners, “France, do you still want your peasants?" and "Support for Ariège", in the stands and on the pitch, while singing the Marseillaise.
The match was 18 minutes late.