Overview
- Reims reported that masked individuals, some carrying makeshift weapons, entered its residential training center late Friday after the 2-2 draw at Laval, and police intervened to keep order.
- Players and staff were targeted with racist insults and death threats inside a facility that houses young professionals, according to the club’s statement.
- Reims said it will pursue judicial proceedings to prevent a repeat of the incident, and authorities are handling the case with no arrests publicly disclosed.
- The Reims prosecutor’s office said officers secured the team’s return as about 20 angry supporters waited at the center.
- The club framed the episode as part of a rise in disorder since a December 2025 clash that left a policeman badly hurt, while the Ultrem group issued a separate statement that minimized the incident and blamed poor results.