Marseille shirt burned and Adrien Rabiot's mother insulted in PSG fans' celebrations
According to a report from La Provence, some Paris Saint-Germain supporters' celebrations got out of hand following the club's qualification to the UEFA Champions League final yesterday evening.
The Marseille-based outlet writes that several shops were looted while there were clashes with police. There was also an unfortunate report of a car driving into a crowd, injuring three people, with one having to be taken for emergency medical care.
A video was released on X (formerly known as Twitter) showing an Olympique de Marseille shirt being burned while a group of supporters chanted about Adrien Rabiot (30), his mother, and also the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.
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Previously, Rabiot and his mother were insulted by PSG supporters during Le Classique in March. The France international has become a target for PSG fans following his acrimonious departure from his boyhood club in 2019 and his return to France this season to play for arch-rivals Marseille, while Hidalgo has been at the centre of a dispute with the club over the future of the Parc des Princes.
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