a parking lot provided for the few Israeli supporters

FOOTBALL – To find any trace of any sporting aspect, you'll have to look. While the clashes in Amsterdam are still present in everyone's minds, the League of Nations match which will pit the French team against the Israeli team on Thursday, November 14, has above all become a symbol and a political subject. With the cardinal challenge for the French authorities of avoiding excesses.

This is the reason why a massive security system was planned to supervise the meeting, classified as “ high risk “. In total, not counting the 1,400 private security agents employed by the FFF for the evening, some 4,000 police officers and gendarmes must be deployed around and in the Stade de France, in the stands of which Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Michel Barnier and former president Nicolas Sarkozy are planning to take their seats. In anticipation of the match, elite units were also mobilized to protect the Israeli team during its preparation. And on D-Day, hundreds of members of the police will also patrol public transport.

For their part, the Israeli authorities wanted to prevent any risk, very officially recommending to their nationals not to travel to Seine-Saint-Denis for fear of seeing the images of Amsterdam repeat themselves. An injunction to which the French Minister for Europe, Benjamin Haddad, responded, this Tuesday, November 12, that “ Israeli footballers and supporters are welcome in Paris ».

Fewer than 200 Israelis will take their place in a parking lot

In the end, only between 100 and 200 “Nivrehet” fans who purchased their tickets from the Israeli federation will be present in the stands of the Stade de France. In order to guarantee their safety, they will be installed in a marked visitor park within the Dyonisian enclosure, as announced by several press titles this Tuesday, including West France et The Parisian. An extremely rare precaution for a Blues match at home, the visiting supporters generally being grouped together in one place in the stadium, but nevertheless in direct contact with the French supporters.

These Israeli supporters will have to speak out to help their team get a first point in the Nations League, which remains on four consecutive defeats (including a 4-1 in Budapest in the first leg against the Blues).

The fact remains that the few dozen Israelis risk feeling a little alone in their vast parking lot announced at 3,500 places. And that the stadium as a whole is expected to ring hollow with around only 20,000 spectators expected, or a quarter of the total capacity. A match which will definitely give curious images since the first rows of the Stade de France will be closed to the public, the French authorities wanting to avoid any risk of invasion of the pitch.

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