Marseille match postponed after ‘unacceptable attack’ on training ground by fans

Marseille match postponed after ‘unacceptable attack’ on training ground by fans
Andre Villas-Boas is under pressure at Marseille, whose training ground was stormed on Saturday (Peter Powell/PA)

Marseille’s scheduled Ligue 1 clash at home to Rennes was postponed three hours before kick-off after “a few hundred individuals from Ultra supporter groups” stormed the club’s training ground.

L’OM condemned the “unacceptable attack” at the Robert Louis-Dreyfus centre, which required police intervention, in a statement on their official website.

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