It is in a very specific security context that the Nations League match between the Blues and Israel will be played on Thursday, at the Stade de France. President of the FFF, Philippe Diallo intends to “dispel this feeling of fear”, as he explained to Ouest-France.
Considered high risk by the authorities, the Nations League match between France and Israel, scheduled for Thursday November 14 (8:45 p.m.) at the Stade de France, will be played in a very specific security context. The system, already substantial, could be further strengthened, as detailed by RMC Sport.
A very specific security context
Around the Stade de France, 2,500 members of the police will be deployed. With the addition of mobile forces and patrols in the streets of the capital, the system should exceed the 3,500 police officers and gendarmes mobilized around this meeting. Several security meetings will take place until the day of the match and decisions will be made to allow this meeting to take place.
“I am perfectly aware of the context in which this match takes place, of the threats which could weigh on the meeting”, indicated this Saturday the boss of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo, in the columns of Ouest-France. While violence marred the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel-Aviv on Thursday evening, with Israeli supporters targeted in Amsterdam, the organization of this France-Israel match finds itself a little more central of all attention.
To date, only 20,000 tickets have been sold. “This tense context can lead many spectators to feel fear. This is not normal. I deplore it, because football is made for sharing, regardless of faith and skin color. And that is why that we put this security system in place to dispel this feeling of fear”, underlines Diallo to Ouest-France, specifying that there will be “a visitors zone” reserved for Israeli supporters.
“I have always supported the idea of playing this match at the Stade de France, and with the public, because it is a football match, and it must remain so,” he assures. “I have never studied another option. Football is made to bring people together beyond the opinions and conflicts that may exist.”
