{"id":367940,"date":"2017-11-03T07:28:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T07:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=367940"},"modified":"2017-11-03T07:28:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T07:28:03","slug":"367940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=367940","title":{"rendered":"Evra sent off during warm-up for kicking own team’s fan head"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patrice Evra\u00a0was sent off after kicking one of his own team’s fans in the head before Marseille’s Europa League defeat at Vitoria Guimaraes.<\/p>\n

Footage shows the 36-year-old ex-Manchester United defender aiming an acrobatic kick at a supporter at the side of the pitch during the warm-up.<\/p>\n

Substitute Evra was dismissed before kick-off in Portugal, and Marseille started with 11 players.<\/p>\n

Uefa’s disciplinary body is likely to rule on any further action on Friday.<\/p>\n

French newspaper\u00a0L’Equipe<\/i>\u00a0reported that Marseille supporters had been jeering Evra for about half an hour while the players prepared for the game, which the French side lost 1-0 after Paolo Hurtado’s late goal.<\/p>\n

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\"L'Equipe\"<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

L’Equipe’s reporter said Evra had initially gone over to the fans to talk to them, but the situation had escalated quickly.<\/p>\n

“Pat has experience and he must not react, it’s obvious,” Marseille coach Rudi Garcia said.<\/p>\n

“Patrice is a more-than-experienced player. You can’t respond to insults, as bad as they are and as incredible as they might be. He must learn to keep his cool.”<\/p>\n

Evra, who won five Premier League titles and the Champions League during eight years with Manchester United, joined Marseille from Juventus in January but has made only two appearances this season.<\/p>\n

The incident evoked memories of\u00a0Eric Cantona’s infamous “kung-fu kick”during Manchester United’s game against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in January 1995.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman was banned for nine months by the Football Association for the incident, which took place as he left the pitch following a red card.<\/p>\n

Patrice Evra\u00a0was sent off after kicking one of his own team’s fans in the head before Marseille’s Europa League defeat at Vitoria Guimaraes.<\/p>\n

Footage shows the 36-year-old ex-Manchester United defender aiming an acrobatic kick at a supporter at the side of the pitch during the warm-up.<\/p>\n

Substitute Evra was dismissed before kick-off in Portugal, and Marseille started with 11 players.<\/p>\n

Uefa’s disciplinary body is likely to rule on any further action on Friday.<\/p>\n

French newspaper\u00a0L’Equipe<\/i>\u00a0reported that Marseille supporters had been jeering Evra for about half an hour while the players prepared for the game, which the French side lost 1-0 after Paolo Hurtado’s late goal.<\/p>\n

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\"L'Equipe\"<\/div>\n<\/div>
This is how French newspaper L’Equipe reported the incident<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

L’Equipe’s reporter said Evra had initially gone over to the fans to talk to them, but the situation had escalated quickly.<\/p>\n

“Pat has experience and he must not react, it’s obvious,” Marseille coach Rudi Garcia said.<\/p>\n

“Patrice is a more-than-experienced player. You can’t respond to insults, as bad as they are and as incredible as they might be. He must learn to keep his cool.”<\/p>\n

Evra, who won five Premier League titles and the Champions League during eight years with Manchester United, joined Marseille from Juventus in January but has made only two appearances this season.<\/p>\n

The incident evoked memories of\u00a0Eric Cantona’s infamous “kung-fu kick”during Manchester United’s game against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in January 1995.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman was banned for nine months by the Football Association for the incident, which took place as he left the pitch following a red card.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patrice Evra\u00a0was sent off after kicking one of his own team’s fans in the head before Marseille’s Europa League defeat at Vitoria Guimaraes. Footage shows the 36-year-old ex-Manchester United defender aiming an acrobatic kick at a supporter at the side of the pitch during the warm-up. Substitute Evra was dismissed before kick-off in Portugal, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=367940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=367940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=367940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=367940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}