It is one of the notable events of the French sporting year, which the political class attends in the front row and therefore naturally, the incidents which marred the final of the Coupe de France this Saturday during the day made it react . In the highest place: the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron “condemned with the greatest firmness”, to the AFP, the clashes which took place between supporters of PSG and OL at the Fresnes toll booth, near ‘Arras.
A large-scale fight in which “around a hundred individuals were involved and a bus caught fire,” said the Pas-de-Calais prefecture in a press release regarding the incident. The highway is closed in both directions.” a source close to the matter had earlier told AFP that two buses had caught fire. It then reported 20 minor injuries, “treated upon their arrival at the stadium by Samu du Nord”.
“These are sporting events where you must above all be joyful and sporty. I condemn with the greatest firmness all violence,” declared the Head of State during a public walk in Tourcoing. “I hope things will go as normally as possible this evening,” he added. Emmanuel Macron is therefore expected at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille to attend, as is customary, this final of the Coupe de France.
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