Champions League: twelve PSG supporters arrested to avoid violence with Real Sociedad fans. The Parisian supporters were suspected of wanting to physically fight the Spanish visitors.
A risk of confrontation between the supporters of the two clubs, who face each other on Wednesday evening in the round of 16 first leg of the Football Champions League, had been identified by the intelligence directorate of the police headquarters (DRPP) at the Forum des Halles in the heart of the capital. The PSG fans were arrested and placed in police custody “for participation in a group with the aim of committing violence or damage”