Paris Saint-Germain faces Aston Villa this evening in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. For this meeting, a total of 2,000 villans supporters are expected in the spans of the Parc des Princes. Despite the absence of rivalry between the two clubs, this meeting is classified in Haut-Risque by the division of fight against hooliganism.
While 2,000 places were sold for Aston Villa supporters, 3,000 supporters made the trip according to the
Daily Mail. This means that a thousand of them will follow the match outside the Ile -de -France enclosure.
The concern is great, especially since yesterday a video broadcast on social networks showed clashes between supporters of the English club and PSG in front of a Parisian bar. You can see jets of stools, insults and punches. This incident therefore fears the worst for tonight. Faced with the threat, the authorities are vigilant. Europe 1 Indicates that the prefecture will deploy several dozen police officers at strategic places in the city of Paris.
PSG-Aston Villa, reinforced security
The delegate of the Alliance union, Fabien Bogais, indicates that the fear mainly concerns supporters who came without a ticket:
“Our intelligence services, upstream, try as much as possible to be able to prevent any form of hooliganism. The risks are that a large number of supporters come without tickets without taking care of football, but try to battle it all around the stadium. »»
The Paris Prefecture also indicates that more than 400 CRS will be mobile to intervene at any time if the situation was to degenerate. As a reminder, the meeting between PSG and Aston Villa will start this Wednesday at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
