Why, that’s awful nice of them, no?

By: Sam | January 22nd, 2007

Them meaning Marseille, the club that’s offering their supporters free tickets to the Coupe de France match featuring the two olympiques, Marseille and Lyon. Oh, and by the way, it’s kind of a big deal.

You’re probably wondering why the hell OM would pleasantly give away 40, 000 tickets to one of the biggest games of the season. Incredibly, they’re not doing it out of sheer niceness.

The reason is, after a dumbass supporter had the intelligence to throw a small bomb at a volunteer policeman back in October, the league punished Marseille with having to play a match in front of exactly zero spectators.

Heck, thought Marseille’s president Pape Diouf. That’s not what our supporters paid to see!

Sure enough, the club’s staff promised the regulars at Stade Vélodrome that the first Coupe de France match played at home would be free of charge. Unlucky for them, that game turned out to be one that could’ve netted them more money than just any other. Yeah, I’ve heard that some people are ready to pay more than zero euros to see the two biggest clubs in the country play each other in the biggest club stadium.

So on January 31, 2007, expect a merry olde crowde in Marseille to cheer on their side and chant happy-go-lucky chants such as “Aulas, Aulas, va niquer ta mère!”

I’ll let you figure out what that one means by yourself.