Ligue 1 match abandoned after firecracker explodes near Clermont keeper Mory Diaw and he is carried off… with team-mate Neto Borges sent off for middle finger gesture to Montpellier fans  

•  Ligue 1 game between Montpellier and Clermont was abandoned in injury time
• TV footage showed a firecracker landing next to Mory Diaw’s feet on Sunday 
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A French league game was abandoned on Sunday after a firework thrown from the stands landed next to Clermont goalkeeper Mory Diaw, who was then carried off on a stretcher.

Montpellier were leading 4-2 when the firework was thrown in the first minute of six minutes of injury time, and Diaw fell to the ground and received treatment before being taken off.

A few minutes later, the players went back to their locker rooms. 

The match was then definitively called off without the remaining stoppage time being played.

After Diaw fell, Clermont defender Neto Borges was shown a red card after a video replay showed him making a middle finger gesture towards the Montpellier fans.

Clermont goalkeeper Mory Diaw was targeted by a firecracker thrown from the stands

A clearly stunned Diaw went down and needed treatment before being carried off

The Ligue 1 match was halted before being abandoned following a crisis meeting on Sunday

Montpellier president Laurent Nicollin told sports daily L’Equipe’s website that the person who threw the firework was arrested and that he would be banned from the stadium.

It remained uncertain whether the French league would award Montpellier the win.

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