The Champions League final, won 1-0 by Bayern Munich against PSG, gave rise to some tensions on Sunday 23 August in Paris near the Parc des Princes where the match was broadcast as well as to verbalizations in bars for not wearing a mask.

The Paris police headquarters reported three arrests and reported tensions near the Parc des Princes, a stadium located in the 16th arrondissement where 5,000 people watched the match taking place at the Estadio de la Luz stadium on two giant screens. of Lisbon.

Many spectators did not wear a mask, which is mandatory to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

3,000 police and gendarmes deployed

"There was some tension from the start of the match near the Parc des Princes with projectiles thrown at the police, who evacuated the square using tear gas," a door told Reuters. - speech of the prefecture, which did not report any injuries.

According to the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, 3,000 police and gendarmes were deployed on the occasion of this final in order to avoid the excesses observed last Tuesday in the semi-final.

The Avenue de Champs-Élysées, where wearing a mask was compulsory and in the surrounding area, was reserved for pedestrians, and 17 metro stations were closed.

In this neighborhood, the police intervened in many full bars where sanitary distances were not respected and where supporters did not wear masks. In a single establishment near the famous avenue, 230 people were fined on this subject, the prefecture said.

The victory Tuesday night of PSG in the semi-final had caused overflows on the Champs-Élysées, leading to 36 arrests. The health rules had not been respected either Tuesday, which had led the town hall of Paris to denounce the "failings" of the prefecture.

With Reuters

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