José Cobos tells how he had to come between Jean-Pierre Rivère and Pablo Longoria in the stands

It is a rather lunar story that told José Cobos, the former defender of the Aiglons and current Sports Assistant at the City of Nice, at the microphone of RMC Sport on Monday evening. Present in the presidential stand when things started to go wrong during the match against OM, he explains having had to come between the presidents of the two clubs, Jean-Pierre Rivère and Pablo Longoria, on pain of seeing them come to blows.

“How do you expect me to do anything else?” When I saw that it was taking a turn that I didn’t want to see after what happened on the pitch, I stepped over the two rows of the stand and interposed with the leaders. It was really strong, so I imposed myself, ”he first described before elaborating on the wife of the President of Nice, who would have been approached by that of OM.

“The wife of Jean-Pierre Rivère was not pushed, but the president of OM touched her. It pissed off Rivère, Cobos continued. My position was to intervene so that there was no incident. I spoke to him in Spanish to tell him to calm down, but also to the people who accompanied him. […] The protocol manager thanked me. I have a clear conscience, I am for appeasement. They are two great clubs. I find that unfortunate. “