Senegal’s international friendly with Ivory Coast was abandoned on Monday night after fans invaded the Stade Sebastiien-Charltey pitch in Paris,France.

Trouble started in the stands during the 88th minute of the match that was staged in a staddium located few kilometres from Paris.

In the match Liverpool’s Sadio Mane gave Senegal the lead from the penalty spot in the second-half, with Cyriac Gohi Bi levelling the scores just two minutes later.

Several supporters began to cause trouble in the stands before some jumped the advertising boards and made their way onto the pitch.

French referee Tony Chapron was forced to stop the match after stewards failed to cope with so many fans jumping onto the pitch, with one Senegal player the unfortunate Lamine Gassama appearing to be rugby tackled by one unruly invader.

–Additional Information-Agencies