Hat tip Francois deSouche
The French blog, Francois deSouche, has compiled a series of video clips from around France during the semi-final match in Qatar between France and Morocco. The French team won 2-0, and back in France, fans of both teams faced off in the streets of French cities.
Hey Folks! It's only a game, right?
Translations of captions of videos and photos (top to bottom) by Fousesquawk Note: Since the French source link is being updated, there will likely be some discrepancies between the videos listed and the captions.
A policeman was injured in Avignon. Confrontations between fans of France and Morocco in Lens,
Lens:
Video #1
Lens: Moroccan fans throw fireworks at a bar where French fans are celebrating #Framar
Video #2
Tension in Lens, Basly Boulevard after the French victory. The CRS (special mobile police) are deployed.
Photo #1
Calm is quickly restored in Lens. Brief clashes between Moroccan and French fans on Basly Blvd.
Nice:
Video #1
The police are on the scene.
Video #2
The situation degenerates. Hooded men chase Moroccan fans. "Arabs out" "This is our home". The different clans respond to each other with artificial mortars.
Video #3
Seen several times throwing artificial mortars at police, this individual in the red t-shirt will end his night at the police station.
Photo #1
Looking for any projectile, people rummage through trash cans, determined to fight. "F--- France" is particularly heard.
Montpelier
Video #4
A car drives at youths who tried to grab a (french) flag.
Video #5
Emotions are heating up after the French defeat of Morocco.
Video # 7 Face-to-face tension in Montpelier between French and Moroccan fans.
Video # 8
On one side Moroccan fans and on the other side French fans. Full-scale mortar fire.
Video # 9
Scuffles after the victory of France over Morocco. Exchange of mortar fire between fans of the two teams.
Lyon
Video # 1
In Lyon, clashes took place after the French victory over Morocco in the 2022 World Cup.
Clashes took place with the police. "It will get worse," could be heard in the crowd.
Video # 2
Fans and police throw tear gas at each other as police attempt to disperse the crowd in Lyon after the French victory over Morocco.
Video # 3
Rioters in force break into downtown apartment buildings to find more trash cans and build up a barricade. Situation still tense at 23:30.
Video # 4
The situation is completely degenerating
Stones rain down on gendarmes, multiple arsons-deplorable.
Video # 5
In Lyon, confrontations between police and fans (during) the victory of France over Morocco in the semi-finals of the World Cup 2022.
Bordeaux
Video # 1
Armed with fire extinguishers, Moroccan fans spray those celebrating the French victory at the Place de la Victoire in Bordeaux.
Video # 2
Perched on the Gate of Aquitane, three Moroccan fans mock the festivities in honor of the French team at the Place de la Victoire in Bordeaux.
Brussels (Belgium)
Video # 1
In Brussels, a resident is insulted because he hung a French flag in his window.
Video # 2
Clashes with police in Brussels.
Avignon
Video # 1
It's tense in Avignon.
From La Provence
The semi-final kickoff had not yet started this evening when emotions got heated in Avignon. A few minutes before the France-Morocco match, a mobile gendarme was injured in the leg by a driver who refused to comply.
Originally, it was officers of the BMU who wanted to check this driver on Boulevard Limbert in Avignon. but he refused the check and hit the mobile gendarmes deployed as reinforcements in the security plan surrounding the match at Porte Magnanen. The driver was arrested by the BAC (police) on the Avenue des Sources. He was placed in custody for violence against a public official. In addition, two other persons were arrested by police when they were found in possession of mortars, possession of which was banned by the Prefecture of Vaucluse.
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