The France-Israel football match at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis in the Paris suburbs, was marked Thursday evening by a brief incident in the stands, where stewards intervened to prevent Israeli supporters from mingling with French fans, noted an AFP journalist. Questioned by AFP, the police headquarters did not wish to communicate any information on this short crowd movement, awaiting details on the circumstances, “still unclear”. On In amateur videos broadcast on the social network X, spectators can be seen running in the aisles, some with Israeli flags, while other supporters whistle and boo.
An exceptional security system had been put in place to supervise this League of Nations meeting, which took place in a tense climate after last week’s violence on the sidelines of a Maccabi Tel-Aviv match in Amsterdam.
On a sporting level, France was held in check by Israel (0-0) but qualified for the quarter-finals of the League of Nations. Unable to score against a team they had dominated 4-1 in October, the Blues are guaranteed to finish at least in second place in their group, ahead of Belgium, beaten by Italy (1-0).
A total of 4,000 police officers and gendarmes had been deployed around and, rarely, in the Saint-Denis stadium, as well as on public transport and throughout Paris.
Emmanuel Macron, for his part, assured his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the “mobilization of France” for a “good progress of the match”.
The France-Israel football match at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis in the Paris suburbs, was marked Thursday evening by a brief incident in the stands, where stewards intervened to prevent Israeli supporters from mingling with French fans, noted an AFP journalist. Questioned by AFP, the police headquarters did not wish to communicate any information on this…
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