At the final whistle, cries of joy are heard.
The rows of police trucks on the avenue cut the road in three.
Impossible to cross.
Quickly the crowd gathered around the Arc de Triomphe and began to descend the Champs-Élysées.
The first smoke bombs are lit.
The first firework mortars are fired "We don't get caught by the crowd", then launches a CRS to his colleagues.
Then a few minutes later, a slight movement of the crowd takes place.
The objective of the CRS: to prevent those present from going down the Champs-Élysées.
Marc, who traveled from Essonne on purpose for this match with a couple of friends, is disappointed “not to be able to party on the Champs because of all these restrictions”.
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