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Bastia fans banned

Bastia fans banned

By Agence France Presse

MARSEILLE: Bastia supporters are banned from travelling to Marseille for Sunday’s tension-charged Ligue 1 clash, France’s Interior Minister said. “Individual or collective travel between the communes of Corsica and Marseille, by any means, for anyone claiming to be a fan of SC Bastia or behaving like one is forbidden,” read the statement from Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. The order recalls “the deep and violent rivalry between the groups of supporters” for Marseille and Bastia that “has resulted, in a recurring manner, in numerous incidents” during past matches between the two sides.