This is one of the images that marked the football match between France and Germany, won Tuesday evening in Munich (Germany) by the Blues (1-0), as part of Euro 2020 postponed to this year. .
A microlight managed to enter the Allianz Arena stadium, but missed its maneuver and endangered some of the people present.
Back to what you need to know about this incident.
The parachutist crashes on the lawn
As the match is about to begin, an activist from the environmental association Greenpeace, arrived above the Munich stadium in a microlight type machine, almost crashed in the stands after hitting a cable.
It was difficult to restore the controls before grazing the spectators and crashing, without damage, on the lawn of the Allianz Arena.
Two people were injured.
They were "taken care of by the emergency services and were taken to hospital", detailed a spokesman for the Munich police, Werner Kraus.
These people "suffer from head injuries."
Didier Deschamps bangs his head
At the end of the match, the French coach Didier Deschamps confided in a press conference that he suffered a bump in the head because he hit the sidelines while taking shelter at the time of the eruption. of the machine. “At first I thought it was something planned. Yes, we came close to the drama, it did not go far. On the bench, with Guy
(Editor's note: Stéphan, his deputy),
we took refuge a little, ”he commented. “It doesn't have to be. When we see events like that, it will remain literature but it gives us some perspective. Life can change quickly, we must not forget that, ”added the boss of the Blues.
UEFA (European Union Football Association), organizer of the Euro, speaks of a "reckless act which could have had very serious consequences for a large number of people present".
The German Federation (DFB) also condemned the incident.
“This person has put themselves in danger and hurt others.
From our point of view this is unacceptable (...) The consequences could have been much more serious, ”said DFB spokesman Jens Grittner.
Greenpeace just wanted to "fly over" the stadium and "drop a balloon"
The pilot of the machine "should have flown over the stadium and dropped a latex balloon" carrying the message "Kick out Oil" ("Oil out", in English), explained a spokesperson for Greenpeace. “Technical difficulties forced him to land in the stadium. "We are sorry that the protest action did not go as planned" and "regret that people were endangered and injured," added the spokesperson.
The NGO's message was addressed to the car manufacturer Volkswagen, one of the main sponsors of the Euro.
"Our request: stop selling diesel and gasoline cars that are bad for the climate," the organization tweeted shortly after the incident on its German account.
UEFA has defended its environmental policy, saying it is "fully committed to making this Euro a sustainable tournament".
Open investigation and security questions
"The judicial authorities will take the necessary decisions," UEFA said as early as Tuesday evening.
An investigation has been opened for "several offenses" falling under both criminal law and legislation on air transport, which strictly limits the possibilities of overflight, specifies the local police.
The Bavarian Minister of the Interior spoke about the event as he raised the issue of security at the stadium. In remarks relayed by the German daily Bild, Joachim Hermann recalls that a “total ban on overflight has been taken for the duration of the Euro”. He explains that it is "because of the Greenpeace inscription", that "no sniper intervened". If the police had considered that it could "be a terrorist attack", they would have acted otherwise, he insists. The Greenpeace activist really escaped it ...
