"around 400 "ultras" showed up to the Nice training ground after the team returned from the airport and blocked the entrance, preventing the team bus from entering. Two fans entered the bus to verbally accost the team, and once the players disembarked, two were physically assaulted: Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga have claimed that fans hit them, pulled their hair, and spat at them as they tried to make their way from the team bus into the training facilities."
"Speaking to RMC Sport, a man identified as Vadim stated that he was part of the group confronting the team at the training ground, but that he did not see any violence. He did confirm that Moffi and Boga took the brunt of what he called a verbal attack (RMC Sport also reports that there were racist insults lobbed at both players, who are black), but that he "didn't see any violence," though he conceded that "it was dark" and the atmosphere was "electric.""
Fans blocked Nice's training ground after the team returned from a flight following a sixth straight Ligue 1 loss. Around 400 supporters confronted players, with two entering the team bus to verbally accost the squad. Terem Moffi and Jérémy Boga said they were hit, had their hair pulled, and were spat on while entering the training facilities. Both players were placed on leave (Moffi one week, Boga five days) and went to police to file complaints. The Nice prosecutor opened an investigation into alleged aggravated violence. Reports indicate racist insults targeted the two black players and the sporting director required a security escort.
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