The , the second consecutive winner, caused a wave of incidents this Saturday shortly after the end of the meeting with a balance of 416 detainees throughout the country (283 in Paris) and seven police officers injured, one of them seriously in the city of Agen, as announced by the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez. There were also altercations and looting in about fifteen French cities, especially in Rennes, Strasbourg, Clermont-Ferrand and Grenoble, but it was Paris that recorded the greatest disturbances.
In Paris, the incidents occurred in the Parc des Princes, PSG’s stadium, where screens had been installed to follow the match and where the clashes with law enforcement began shortly after the start of the match, around six thirty.
At the end of the match, police charges also began on the Champs-Élysées, where some 20,000 people gathered after the end of the match. The Prefecture reported a police officer injured in clashes with fans and numerous damage to street furniture. More than 2,200 controls have been carried out and prohibited fireworks have been seized this Saturday in areas considered conflictive. Part of the ring road, the ring road that surrounds Paris, was invaded by fans, before law enforcement quickly dispersed them.
and gendarmes throughout the country ahead of PSG’s second Champions League final, of which 8,000 agents are in Paris, in addition to 2,500 firefighters. , when PSG won its first Champions League. Then, the celebrations ended with more than 500 detainees and numerous destructions.
The Prefecture had contemplated a larger deployment this time, in part because the sporting event began earlier, at six in the afternoon. Shortly after, there were already a dozen detainees in the surroundings of the Parc des Princes. To avoid acts of vandalism, the shops on the Champs-Elysées closed and boarded up their windows shortly after noon.
The security device will last all day Sunday. The triumph will not be celebrated this time on the Champs-Elysées avenue, like last year, but will be held on the Champ de Mars, the esplanade at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. About 100,000 people are expected. The team will be received beforehand by Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée. “A large public celebration will take place on the Champ de Mars,” before the evening in the Parc des Princes, starting at 7:30 p.m., according to PSG.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, celebrated the sporting victory in X: “A new star shines in Paris. Twice in a row!” “Paris is once again the capital of European football. Tonight, Paris is proud, let’s celebrate, in joy and respect,” said Parisian mayor Emmanuel Gregoire.
