They dreamed of a big party, their disappointment is immense: the supporters of PSG witnessed the defeat of their team and the late evening was marked by clashes between groups of young people and the police.
“Too many disappointments! They wasted too many chances and unfortunately in the final that does not forgive. The chances were there but not the realism. (…) Until the end there were chances that could have led to an equalizer but luck was not on our side… ”regrets Nicolas Mounier leaving the stadium.
Skirmishes and burned vehicles
The 5,000 supporters, who followed in a boiling atmosphere the final of the Champions League from the Parc des Princes had yet given voice despite the mask. Only a small part of the stands were occupied by masked supporters, but equipped with flags and smoke.
ud83dudd34 FLASH – #PSGBayern : ” supporters of #PSG” damage several shops on #ChampsElysees. (ud83dudcf9 ClementLanot) #UCLfinal #Paris pic.twitter.com/fHHQjQNoHY
– FLASH INFO Ile-de-France (@info_Paris_IDF) August 23, 2020
But around the stadium, throughout the match, clashes took place between the police who used tear gas in front of supporters armed with firecrackers and fireworks.
A bar forcefully evacuated by the police, where tens of supporters were massed.
Tear gas used inside according to supporters.
The bar evacuated due to health regulations related to #COVID-19 #PSGBayern #Liguedeschampions pic.twitter.com/R0TBICerqe
– Yahoo News (@YahooActuFR) August 23, 2020
And after the match, tensions rose again and clashes also took place in the Champs-Élysées area where vehicles were set on fire, shop windows broken and shops vandalized.
“It is 1:00 am: as of this time, all (the) people gathering on the sector of the Champs-Élysées will be fined, under the order of prohibition of the prefect of Police”, tweeted the Prefecture of Police.
“Unacceptable overflows”
“It’s a shame, 45 minutes that we wait for the firefighters, there are 50 children in the building. There are enough of this country that is burning!”, Protests Yohan, who lives in a building in Bassano Street in which a car was set on fire.
“Tired of this burning country!”
Shortly before one in the morning, groups of young people continued to confront the police with throwing glass bottles and fireworks mortars. The police used tear gas and defense bullet launchers (LBD).
Around the Parc des Princes, at the end of the match, annoyed by the defeat of their team, supporters attacked the balustrades surrounding the renovation site of the fountain at the Porte de Saint-Cloud, before being stopped by jets tear gas. In the distance, fireworks and the muffled detonations of large firecrackers.
148 people arrested
As police trucks pass, young people throw bottles shouting insults. “Go, go home, it will turn into urban violence”, advises onlookers a group of supporters.
The Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin considered from the first clashes that they were “inadmissible overflows”. According to the Prefecture of Police, 148 people were arrested for degradation or violence.
The police also intervened to verbalize people not wearing the mask. At 10:30 p.m., 274 verbalizations had also been drawn up, in particular in a bar which was evacuated near the Champs-Élysées.
In Marseille, another atmosphere
In Marseille, another atmosphere: OM supporters exploded with joy after the defeat of PSG, their historic rival. “It’s a day of celebration, they lost,” exclaimed Samir M’Kirech seated on the terrace of a pub in the Old Port of Marseille.
The party in the bars of the Old Port after the goal of Coman #PSG #LigueDesChampions #PSGBayern #marseille @20Minutes pic.twitter.com/GjjUpjMsUA
– Jean Saint-Marc (@JeanSaintMarc) August 23, 2020
ud83d udea8 INCREDIBLE: In Marseille, Marseille supporters celebrate Bayern’s victory as if OM had won ud83d ude33 #PSGBayern #UCLfinale pic.twitter.com/42ceYd0nL1
– La Minute Football (@minutefootball) August 23, 2020
President Emmanuel Macron shared on Twitter his “Congratulations to @FCBayern for his sixth Champions League and to @PSG_inside for his exceptional run”. “The hour of victory will come for French football,” he added.
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