{"id":295611,"date":"2023-10-08T19:41:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T19:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295611"},"modified":"2023-10-08T19:41:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T19:41:59","slug":"ligue-1-match-abandoned-after-firecracker-explodes-near-goalkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ligue-1-match-abandoned-after-firecracker-explodes-near-goalkeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Ligue 1 match abandoned after firecracker explodes near goalkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"
A French league game was abandoned on Sunday after a firework thrown from the stands landed next to Clermont goalkeeper Mory Diaw, who was then carried off on a stretcher.<\/span><\/p>\n Montpellier were leading 4-2 when the firework was thrown in the first minute of six minutes of injury time, and Diaw fell to the ground and received treatment before being taken off.<\/p>\n A few minutes later, the players went back to their locker rooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n The match was then definitively called off without the remaining stoppage time being played.<\/p>\n After Diaw fell, Clermont defender Neto Borges was shown a red card after a video replay showed him making a middle finger gesture towards the Montpellier fans.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Clermont goalkeeper Mory Diaw was targeted by a firecracker thrown from the stands<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A clearly stunned Diaw went down and needed treatment before being carried off <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Ligue 1 match was halted before being abandoned following a crisis meeting\u00a0on Sunday<\/p>\n Montpellier president Laurent Nicollin told sports daily L’Equipe’s website that the person who threw the firework was arrested and that he would be banned from the stadium.<\/p>\n It remained uncertain whether the French league would award Montpellier the win.<\/p>\n It’s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\nIT’S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n