He is still “worshipped”. Mohan, an engineer in Paris, shows his fine: 135 euros. This is the price he paid to celebrate Morocco’s victory last Wednesday on the Champs-Élysées (Paris VIII). “I came to express my joy at seeing the country I come from go to the final of the African Cup of Nations, the objective was to commune without disturbing the neighbors, I had never been able to experience that before,” recalls this football fanatic who lives in Ivry (Val-de-Marne). Morocco’s last final was in 2004 and Mohan was only 6 years old.
Like many other fans, he was fined due to the prefectural decree which prohibits, within a specific area, including the Champs-Élysées and adjacent streets, “groups of people claiming to be supporters of teams playing matches in the African Cup of Nations”.
