Marseille star Dimitri Payet mocked Paris Saint-Germain on social media after their defeat to Bayern Munich in Sunday's Champions League final.In their first appearance in the final of Europe's elite competition, the Ligue 1 champions were beaten 1-0, with former PSG winger Kingsley Coman heading in the winning goal in the second half in Lisbon.PSG's bitter rivals Marseille are the only French team to have won the tournament in men's football, having lifted the trophy back in 1993, two years after they reached their first final.Payet was quick to remind his followers of that fact, tweeting a video of a PSG shirt apparently with a star above the crest, only to reveal a Marseille jersey underneath.Videos of Marseille fans celebrating in the streets after the final whistle have also circulated on social media, with supporters jubilant that PSG's expensive project has still been unable to yield the biggest trophy in European club football.Marseille erupts as PSG lose the Champions’ League final: “Where are all the Parisians now?”.In the build-up to the game, a ban on wearing PSG shirts or displaying banners in Marseille was imposed in a bid to prevent a repeat of disturbances seen during their 3-0 semi-final win over RB Leipzig.However, police reversed the decision after accepting it had caused a lack of understanding.SBS acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia.WATCH: James Rodriguez scores first goal for Everton,WATCH: Diangana scores long-range strike against Everton,Liverpool schooling Manchester United on and off the pitch,Rumour Has It: Liverpool to sign Diogo Jota, Alex Telles agrees Man Utd deal,WATCH: Ange's Yokohama beat Sagan Tosu with first-half blitz.Serie A: Are Inter ready to end Juventus' dominance?Man Utd boss Solskjaer explains transfer struggles as Red Devils eye signings,Higuain joins Inter Miami after Juventus exit,Lampard feels Klopp feud blown out of proportion: 'My respect for him will never change'. Lyon romp past Marseille to close in on Champions League spot Issued on: 13/05/2019 - 13:16 Maxwel Cornet scored Lyon's first and third goals in their waltz past Marseille. The 2020–21 Olympique de Marseille season is the club's 115th season in existence and its 25th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. UEFA Champions League qualifying preview: 16 clubs are one step away from being one step away from being one of eight to reach the group stage of the 2020-21 Champions League. The Bouches-du-Rhone police prefecture has confirmed that the presence of PSG fans or those pretending to be as such (wearing a PSG shirt) has been banned during the stipulated timeframe around the historic Old Port. Marseille will play in the next Champions League in October. …
Marseille, after … MARSEILLE: Paris St Germain fans in Marseille will have to keep a low profile on potentially their club’s greatest night, as local police said on Thursday they would ban the club shirt in some areas during the Champions League final.PSG face Bayern Munich in Lisbon on Sunday evening, attempting to become only the second French winners after Marseille, who won controversially in 1993.The Bouches-du-Rhone police prefecture confirmed on Thursday that it intended to ban, from 3pm local time on Sunday afternoon to 3am Monday morning, “the presence of PSG supporters or people presenting themselves as such and behaving as such” around the historic Old Port, where many bars broadcast the matches.Tensions between fans of the two clubs are so strong that the French interior ministry issues travel bans for away fans when the clubs meet and police systematically arrest fans in PSG shirts in Marseille’s Velodrome Stadium.The police said “there is strong animosity on the part of some Marseille residents, supporters or not, toward the PSG team, in contradiction with any sporting spirit”.The order follows incidents during the broadcast of Tuesday evening’s semifinal in which PSG beat RB Leipzig.The police said gatherings of more than 250 people took place in Marseille and there were two assaults on people wearing PSG shirts, and “attempts to intimidate them in order to interrupt the broadcasting of the match”.After 18 years of fighting infectious diseases, Dr Leong Chee Loon of HKL says there is no room for complacency in tackling Covid-19.Copyright © 2020 FMT Media Sdn Bhd.