Tensions are said to have boiled over almost immediately after the final whistle at the Pré-Fleuri Stadium following the match
A brutal relegation battle in France’s ProD2 spiralled into extraordinary scenes after Nevers’ 44-41 win over Béziers allegedly sparked a stadium brawl, a blocked team bus and even a car chase on a major road.
According to Midi Olympique in France, tensions boiled over almost immediately after the final whistle at the Pré-Fleuri Stadium following a match loaded with survival pressure.
Nevers’ dramatic victory – their first win of 2026 – lifted them above Béziers in the table and cranked up the pressure on the visitors, who remain in deep relegation trouble.
French reports claim the first spark came when Nevers players not involved in the matchday squad taunted Béziers players after full-time, with one official said to have filed a report over the touchline confrontation.
From there, things escalated.
Midol reports Nevers’ Jason Fraser is alleged to have entered the visitors’ dressing room looking to confront opposite number Otunuku Pauta, although the pair were separated before the situation could turn physical.
The ugliest scenes followed during the post-match reception, where tempers reportedly flared between props Ilia Kaikatsishvili and Youssef Amrouni.
The pair are said to have moved behind the Béziers team bus to settle their differences, where punches were allegedly exchanged, with Nevers’ Kaikatsishvili said to have been left with a broken nose.
Nevers president Régis Dumange later confirmed the Georgian required treatment from the club doctor, while accounts from both sides reportedly differ over exactly how the confrontation began.
“Later, when I went downstairs, I saw the club doctor treating Ilia,” Dumange told Journal du Centre.
“He told me he’d just been headbutted and had a broken nose. The two coaching staffs met to calm things down. It was decided that Béziers would leave earlier than planned to prevent the situation from escalating.”
What happened next took the chaos to another level.
Senior players and coaches from both teams, including Samuel Marques and Jason Fraser, reportedly stepped in to calm things down as the atmosphere inside the stadium became increasingly heated in front of supporters.
But according to Midi Olympique, the disorder briefly threatened to spill beyond the ground when two Nevers players allegedly positioned a car in front of the stadium exit in an attempt to block the Béziers team bus from leaving.
Club staff and team-mates again intervened to defuse the situation before it escalated further.
Dumange then claimed Kaikatsishvili later got into a car with two fellow Georgians and pursued the Béziers bus along the N7 between Nevers and Moulins, allegedly trying to force it to stop so Amrouni could apologise.
French reports allege the car pulled in front of the bus and braked in an attempt to make it stop, prompting Béziers staff to urgently contact Nevers boss Xavier Péméja, who is said to have called the player and ordered him to return home.
The matter was eventually cooled when the two main protagonists reportedly spoke by phone.
For now, Nevers do not intend to file a formal complaint, with Dumange keen to downplay the affair publicly, but the LNR is looking into the incident and have opened an investigation.
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