The man who had a cameo role in Sneaker Wars (THE Adidas vs Puma history), Controversial Olympique Marseille Owner / Majority Shareholder Robert Louis-Dreyfus has passed away this past Saturday at the age of 63 in Zurich following his long battle with Leukemia.

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Olympique Marseille President Pape Diouf has expressed his anger and disappointment following UEFA’s original 3 match European home ground ban against La Liga and Champions League side Atletico Madrid being reduced to just one game, the November 26th match against PSV and another deferred for two years.

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“If there is a sanction remaining, that is the proof there were breaches and mistakes from Atletico,” said Diouf.  “I am against the fact that Uefa has not considered the whole situation.

“Because you can’t forget the unbelievable violence our fans were victims of.  Uefa won’t get rid of violence and racism from stadiums with sanctions that look like fly bite.”

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Montpellier head coach Rolland Courbis was sentenced to a two year jail term after being found guilty of “illicit transfer dealings” from 1997 - 1999 when he was head coach of Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille.

Alongside Owner / Shareholder / former Adidas Chief Executive Officer Robert Louis-Dreyfuss (a ten month sentence), agent Gilbert Sau (an 18 months sentence), Bernard Almiras (a six month sentence) and current Standard Liege Vice - President Lucio d’Onofrio (a six month sentence), Courbis will continue in his role at Montpellier while waiting the final decision of the Magistrate.

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Can you imagine if Djibril Cisse was teamed up top with Fernando Torres? Imagine what could have been if Rafa hadn’t forced Cisse out of Anfield and he hadn’t of snapped his leg in Frances final warm up game against China. In a 6-1 rout over Caen this afternoon, the Lord of the Manor put three away for Marseille, who are still 13 points behind leaders Lyon.