Paris Saint-Germain won the victory after a historic Champions League victory, and an open bus parade in Paris on Sunday brought a rave to roaring fans, an outbreak of joy covered by the deaths of two people and the damage of about 200 people.
In a 5-0 victory over Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday night, the winner of the biggest prize in European club football won the championship in the biggest prize in European club football and headed to France's most famous avenue: Champs-elysees.
PSG fans waved blue and red as they waited for the team bus to arrive. The atmosphere was calm when the parade began as the fans stood behind the obstacles, with a series of riot police officers in front of them.
They growled as the bus entered, Captain Marquinis waved the trophy over his head and passed it to other players, some wearing sunglasses.
Coach Luis Enrique joined the fans as he sang a national anthem of the club, while star striker Ousmane Dembélé blew a kiss. The team later met with French President Emmanuel Macron.
After PSG won its first (long-time Champions League) title, the overnight death crisis hurt a vigorous night. The Eiffel Tower glows in the color of the team and fans compete all night long.
The team condemns the violence. PSG said in a statement that the title “should be a moment of collective joy.” “These isolated acts go against the club’s values and do not represent our huge fans at all.”
The celebrations overnight were largely peaceful, but were reduced to violence in some areas.
A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in the western city of Dax after the final in Munich on Saturday night, the National Police said. The district attorney said the killings obviously had nothing to do with football games. In Paris, a man in his 20s was killed in Paris and the driver was detained by a car during a PSG celebration. The situation of both is under investigation.
A police officer accidentally bumped into a fireworks at a PSG party in coutances in northwestern France and was placed in a artificial coma due to severe eye injury, the National Police said. The Paris police chief said a total of 201 people were injured around the capital.
In the alpine city of Grenoble, a driver encountered pedestrians attending the PSG celebration and injured three to four people. It said the driver was detained. The city has also seen fans using scattered grenades to drop projectiles at firefighters and police.
Light shows that the team and French officials hope Sunday is about victory rather than violence. Up to 110,000 people are allowed to participate in the parade along the iconic, tree-lined Championship Race Avenue. Later, the team will join PSG home fans in Parc des Princes for a formal speech at the concert and light show and the Champions League trophy.
On extraordinary days, a lot of traffic in central Paris was closed. Security measures also affected the opening near the French Open.
Laurent Nunez, chief of the Paris Police Department, told reporters that thousands of police officers are deployed to maintain order and will adopt a similar strategy. Associated Press reporters saw tear gas used near the stadium, and water cannons used near the arc triomphe on Saturday dispersed the noisy crowd.
In addition to injuries and arrests, Nunes said four stores were plundered overnight. Firefighters are so busy putting out garbage, can open fire in the middle of the celebration and deal with other emergencies that the line of fire is overloaded.
By 2 a.m. Sunday, a total of 294 people were arrested, 30 of whom broke into the shoe store in Champs-élysées. Police added that the two cars were close to the prince.
In the De la Bastille place, as fans climb up to the bottom of the famous column, sing, dance and let go of the flares, while those around them join the record.
Once, the motorcycle whirled the engine loudly, and the crowd cheered as they were around the cylinder. There were no police nearby, the atmosphere was optimistic, no tension and singing.
Nunez blamed the fragmented trouble on “thousands of people commit violence” rather than watching the game. He pointed to the bystanders of the capital's celebrations, such as after France won the World Cup in 2018.
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau lamented the violence, saying: "Today, I'm as angry as many French people... It's unbearable when parents panic because their children go out to celebrate a major sports victory."