"The Stade de France is a good atmosphere, the public of the France team is different", assures Mélanie, tricolor rooster painted on the cheek.

According to this fan from Val-d'Oise, "the issues between last week and today are not the same. The image was catastrophic".

Friday evening, the authorities did everything to restore it.

The management of spectator flows was fluid, a far cry from the images of chaos of last week.

In their flocked Mbappé, Benzema or Pogba jerseys, the supporters patiently submitted to all the checks.

Dozens of police and gendarmerie trucks, parked in an onion row from the RER B platforms to the stadium, announced the color: between traffic management, patrols and searches, just over 2,000 police and gendarmes were deployed around the Saint-Denis enclosure.

Even the mounted police were mobilized.

Many volunteers commissioned by the French Football Federation are also circulating, in red jackets bearing the inscription "Can I help you?"

To complete its seduction operation, the police headquarters set up a stand near the stadium.

Officials distribute pens and other "goodies" to the enthusiastic spectators.

For this meeting of the League of Nations, which does not present any particular risks, the authorities have announced a system "oriented on public order, the fight against crime and the regulation of the flow of people".

Security agents check a supporter before entering the Stade de France for the match against Denmark, June 3, 2022 FRANCK FIFE AFP

Some 600 officers have been deployed specifically to prevent a recurrence of the snatching and other acts of crime observed last Saturday.

Danes reassured

Shortly after 8:00 p.m., the police headquarters tweeted that 7 "street vendors" had been arrested.

This deployment of law enforcement for a meeting which is not considered to be at risk comes after the chaos observed around the Stade de France before the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid.

The images of spectators crowded behind the gates of the Stadium and of the police spraying them with tear gas went around the world.

They triggered a lively controversy, in France as in the United Kingdom, and cast doubt on France's ability to host the Paris Olympics in two years.

Danish supporters report to the police upon their arrival at the Stade de France on June 3, 2022 before the France-Denmark match FRANCK FIFE AFP

These images left traces, as evidenced by Danish supporters, who were awarded 1,800 tickets to be collected from a pub on the Grands Boulevards in Paris.

Accompanied by all his family, Joachim Blond, 54, said he was reassured to have his tickets but worried about whether he would be "well directed to the stadium".

"I would never take my child here for sure, I would be too scared for his safety," said Dan Nielson, 36.

"I imagine that the French police will be better prepared and then we are not English, that's already a good point!", He reassures himself.

"Worried" before the match, Nina Gade, a Danish supporter who came with her family, took precautions.

“We prepared to take a hotel in the area just in case”.

"But we saw all the police," she observes, "now we're going to take the metro home."

The police patrol around the Stade de France before France-Denmark, June 3, 2022 FRANCK FIFE AFP

Several spectators claim on the contrary to have "never considered canceling" their presence.

Yoann, who came from Loir-et-Cher with his 8-year-old boy, claims to have attended several concerts and matches at the Stade de France "without worries".

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