Crowding Delayed Nice v Cologne Kickoff

Thursday's Europa Conference League match between Nice and Cologne was postponed when disturbances

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broke out in the crowd at the Allianz Riviera in southern France. After watching television images of German team

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supporters moving toward the home crowd and tossing flares, the soccer association's governing body,

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UEFA, said that the game had been "delayed due to crowd disruption." Just before the planned 18:45 local time

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(16:45 GMT) kickoff, police interfered, but the players had not yet begun warming up. A UEFA meeting,

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according to Cologne, is "ongoing." Jonas Hector, the captain of Cologne,

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also spoke to the audience through the public address system.

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UEFA Europa League Ludogorets VS Roma

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