- Former Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra has broken his silence over kicking a Marseille supporter
- Evra took to social media to speak about the issue
- The former French international was sent off for kicking a Marseille supporter during warm up in a Europa cup game
Former French international Patrice Evra who got into trouble for kicking a Marseille supporter in the warm up of Marseille Europa league fixture has spoken for the first time since the ugly occurrence.
According to reports in France, the supporter was verbally abused during the warm up of Marseille's game against Vitoria.
Evra is then alleged to have kicked a ball in the direction of the Marseille fans behind the goal, which caused the situation to spiral out of control.
Evra kicks a Marseille supporter in Europa league game. Source: Mirror
Marseille took fierce action against Evra, he was suspended for his actions.
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A statement from the Ligue 1 club earlier this week said: "Jacques-Henri Eyraud, President of Olympique de Marseille, met Patrice Evra today and informed him of his layoff with immediate effect and his summons to an interview prior to a possible disciplinary sanction."
Marseille supporters responded to Evra's suspension by displaying large banners during their next Ligue 1 game against Caen, which they won 5-0.
One of the banner read: "You thought you were above the institution of Marseille and its supporters," while another read: "We do not want you to play in our colours. Go away Evra."
Evra who drops motivational videos on Instagram every Monday went on to post after Marseille's 5-0 victory over the weekend.
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Posting alongside a picture of him doing a press-up on a TV screen, Evra wrote: "Great result tonight well done guys I'm really proud of you thanks to all real Olympique Marseille fans... I'm receiving so much support from them."
He included the hashtags 'I love this game', in reference to his social media catchphrase, and 'be a panda', an anti-racism scheme that he is a part of.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng