Riot police stormed a Paris bar while fans were watching the Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich on Sunday.
According to Paris police, they intervened because fans were not respecting social distancing.
Outside of the bar, almost 150 people were arrested as PSG fans set cars ablaze, smashed shop windows and clashed with police in the French capital after the team’s Champions League final defeat to Bayern Munich, police said on Monday.
The violence occurred around the Parc des Princes stadium and on the Champs-Elysees avenue during and after the match on Sunday night, police said on Twitter.
Thousands of supporters had gathered at the Parc des Princes to cheer on PSG, lighting flares and chanting as they watched the 1-0 defeat in Lisbon on a big screen.
The trouble lasted several hours, as groups of fans threw bottles and fireworks at police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets, an AFP reporter said.
On the Champs-Elysees, vehicles were set on fire, windows broken and shops vandalised.
Social distancing measures were ignored inside and outside the Parc des Princes among fans who had hoped to see their Qatar-owned team’s first triumph in Europe’s top club competition.
Police said 404 people were stopped for not wearing face masks as part of regulations aimed at curbing the coronavirus outbreak.
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