Violence breaks out on motorway earlier than French Cup remaining | EUROtoday

The supporters’ group Paris Ultras Collective mentioned in a press release that Lyon followers attacked a bus carrying PSG supporters whereas the 2 sides’ followers had been imagined to be taking totally different routes.

Police didn’t point out which group of followers launched an assault.

Traffic on the key north-south A1 freeway was interrupted in each instructions.

Heavy safety

Mingling with the general public in close by Tourcoing forward of the sport, Mr Macron mentioned he “condemns all violence with the greatest firmness”, including: “I hope that things will go as normally as possible this evening.”

Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) mentioned in a press release it “condemns this violence”. The French Football Federation referred to as the violence “unacceptable”.

After the match later in Lille, supporters left the stadium calmly, amid a heavy police presence.

Earlier followers of the rival groups mingled all day with out incident forward of the 9pm (7pm GMT) begin time.

The regional police authority mentioned 1,000 officers had been on obligation within the city and an extra 1,000 within the stadium.

The native authorities had additionally put in place quite a few measures for the high-risk match.

Fans had been forbidden to maneuver “outside the areas reserved for them” close to the stadium till 4am native time on Sunday, and authorities banned the general public consumption of alcohol “in a glass or metal container” till the identical time.