• On Saturday May 28, the start of the match between Real Madrid and Liverpool (1-0) in the Champions League final had to be postponed by half an hour, due to tensions outside the stadium. .

  • Chaotic scenes, around the Stade de France, of jostling, attempted intrusion by individuals without a ticket or supporters in shock at the intervention of the police or victims of theft have gone around the world .

  • Some 105 people were arrested and 39 placed in police custody on Saturday evening in Paris, the Interior Ministry said.

    Almost a week after these incidents, we asked our readers if they were considering giving up going to the stadium with their children.

“Football attracts the greatest cretins”… François is like many French people, angry with those who have wreaked havoc in the stadiums since the start of the football season.

Over the matches, supporters made headlines for acts of violence ranging from fights to the throwing of projectiles at players and smoke bombs.

It all started last August, on the third day of Ligue 1, the match between OM and OGC Nice was stopped after incidents between Marseille players and Nice fans.

Problems will follow in Lens or in Lyon.

Last weekend was the apotheosis.

First, Saturday evening, with the incidents at the Stade de France on the sidelines of the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid.

While everything was in place for the evening to be beautiful, it was marked by scenes of jostling and attempted intrusion by supporters without a ticket.

Sunday evening, chaos seized the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, after the defeat of ASSE, relegated to league 2.

"They're going to watch rugby!"

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These bewildering scenes of violence shocked many parents, like Laure, for whom “these events damage the passion of our children… Today, football gives off more and more of a negative image and makes us less and less envious.

Fans were not spared the smoke bombs during altercations.

Some, like in Montpellier, were even injured, while others were banned from the stadium or from traveling to avoid overflows.

Benjamin, he has made the choice not to see any more football matches with his children, who from now on “will go and see rugby!

" A sport that he considers less violent (in the stands) and to prove it to us, he has his argument: "This weekend, there were two European Cup finals almost at the same time and we see the difference.

And I'm not talking about matches throughout the year in any rugby stadium in France.

Zero trouble or violence.

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“Football is on TV”

Could the problem therefore come from football and not just from supporters of city clubs?

Some no longer want to go and see the French team match with their children.

Jérôme, a regular at stadiums and a father, is jaded by the situation “When you go to see a friendly match for France with your child, you say to yourself “it will be quiet”.

But the French "supporters" find nothing better than to insult each other.

How do you explain so much violence and hatred to your child when we're all supposed to be on the same side?

“So he found the sad solution… “Football is on TV.

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“So there are also places where this is going very well!

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In the stadiums, there are not only violent fanatics.

Marie, who lives in Strasbourg, welcomes the friendly atmosphere that reigns in her club.

“We are subscribers in the Kop in Strasbourg and everything is always going very well.

We can go there without fear and accompanied by our children.

“Is the Racing Club de Strasbourg the nicest team to go and watch a match with the family?

To read the mother of the family, yes.

“The public and supporters in our city are great.

They even got praise from the police in a publication for their behavior.

So there are also places where this is going very well!

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UEFA announced on Monday May 30 the opening of an "independent investigation" into the incidents that occurred on Saturday during the Champions League final at the Stade de France.

On the side of French justice, at the end of the match, 48 people were placed in police custody, but only 6 were judged Tuesday in Bobigny for thefts and attacks committed around the sports enclosure.

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