Kick-off has been delayed in the Europa Conference League game between Nice and Cologne because of violent clashes between rival supporters.
Fans fought in the stands of Nice’s Allianz Riviera, with flares thrown.
Police intervened to end the trouble but the players had not started warming up shortly before the scheduled start time of 17:45 BST.
Cologne later confirmed the game would kick off at 18:40 BST, provided there were no further incidents.
“[We] condemn every form of violence in the strongest possible terms,” they said in tweet. “We stand for a sporting, fair and respectful behaviour with one another.
“We apologise to all the peaceful fans who had made it a football festival up until this point.”
Cologne captain Jonas Hector addressed the crowd through the PA system and called for calm.
“We really want to play the game with you. We also want that game to take place. But we have to say that we do not like to see this,” he said.
“We worked hard last year and in the play-off. And we would very much like to do this with you and we ask you to keep calm and support us as much as possible.”
- Line-ups
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Line-ups
Nice
Formation 4-4-2
- 90Bulka
- 23Lotomba
- 25Todibo
- 4Costa Santos
- 15Bryan
- 28Boudaoui
- 21Beka Beka
- 19Thuram
- 10Diop
- 24Laborde
- 7Delort
Substitutes
- 1Schmeichel
- 5Bech Sørensen
- 8Rosario
- 14Brahimi
- 18Ilie
- 26Bard
- 29Pépé
- 33Mendy
- 42Viti
- 77Boulhendi
Köln
Formation 4-1-2-1-2
- 20Schwäbe
- 17Schindler
- 15Kilian
- 4Hübers
- 14Hector
- 28Skhiri
- 7Ljubicic
- 11Kainz
- 18Duda
- 21Tigges
- 29Thielmann
Substitutes
- 1Horn
- 3Pedersen
- 5Soldo
- 6Martel
- 8Huseinbasic
- 23Adamyan
- 25Lemperle
- 33Dietz
- 37Maina
- 40Urbig
- 45Schwirten
- 48Strauch
- Referee:
- Luís Godinho
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home42%
- Away58%
- Shots
- Home1
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away2
- Corners
- Home3
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home4
- Away4
Live Text
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Corner, Nice. Conceded by Florian Kainz.
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Corner, Nice. Conceded by Florian Kainz.
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Offside, 1. FC Köln. Florian Kainz tries a through ball, but Jan Thielmann is caught offside.
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Foul by Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln).
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Sofiane Diop (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Kingsley Schindler (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
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Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Sofiane Diop.
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Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
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Foul by Ondrej Duda (1. FC Köln).
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Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Kingsley Schindler (1. FC Köln).
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Sofiane Diop (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Florian Kainz (1. FC Köln).
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Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Steffen Tigges (1. FC Köln) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jan Thielmann with a cross.
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Corner, 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
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Goal!
Goal! Nice 0, 1. FC Köln 1. Steffen Tigges (1. FC Köln) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jan Thielmann.
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Dejan Ljubicic (1. FC Köln) hits the left post with a right footed shot from more than 35 yards. Assisted by Jan Thielmann.
