Clashes between French police and Algerian fans during their celebration of the victory over Morocco (video)
Social networking sites circulated videos from the Champs-Elysees Street in Paris, which witnessed confrontations between some fans of the Algerian national team and the French police, during the celebrations of the "Desert Warriors"' victory over Morocco, on Saturday, in the Arab Cup semi-finals by penalty shootout after a tie in the original and extra time 2- 2.
PARIS - Intervention de la BAC 75N pour disperser les supporters sur les #ChampsElysees.
Lacrymogène et projectiles.
#MarocAlgerie #MARALG https://t.co/o8ONvLRoFt pic.twitter.com/cmb5Gm2svy
— Clément Lanot (@ClementLanot) December 11, 2021
The videos showed the police chasing the fans, who expressed their joy at winning and qualifying to face Qatar in the semi-finals.
PARIS - Qualification de l'#Algérie pour la demi-finale de la #FIFAArabCup2021 : les supporters font la fête sur les #ChampsElysées #MarocAlgerie #MARALG pic.twitter.com/cn04zx3vEl
— Clément Lanot (@ClementLanot) December 11, 2021
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