It’s already very hot before the Coupe de France final between OL and PSG!

This Saturday evening, OL and PSG met in Lille for a Coupe de France final which promises to be thrilling. Already winner of Ligue 1 and the Champions Trophy, the capital club has the opportunity to score a brilliant treble for Luis Enrique’s first season on the Ile-de-France bench. Authors of a formidable comeback in Ligue 1 and on cloud nine for several months under the aegis of Pierre Sage, the Gones had the opportunity to glean a first title since 2012.

A meeting that promised to be hot on the meadow, but also outside. Indeed, with enormous stakes on the pitch, this meeting would also crystallize tensions between Lyon and Paris supporters. The match, which is played in Lille, is ranked 5 out of 5 by the National Division for the Fight against Hooliganism. And to supervise these 30,400 supporters, 15,200 on each side, the Northern prefecture mobilized 1,000 representatives of the order. An impressive device which seems essential to avoid tarnishing this wonderful celebration of French football. However, this was not enough to prevent several overflows at the end of the afternoon.

Two Lyon buses which took, the final of Gambardella shaken

While Lille had been peacefully filled by thousands of Rhone supporters who gave their voices in joy, fights between supporters had been avoided in the capital of the North. But now, the first big incident took place at the Fresnes tollbooth. Hostilities had even started on the A1 area where several Parisian buses had met to go to Lille. To everyone’s surprise, buses from Lyon arrived. This gave rise to a large general fight which was finally dispersed by CRS using tear gas. Two Lyon buses even burned at the Fresnes tollbooth, around forty kilometers from Lille, cutting off traffic in both directions for several minutes.

The brawls continued at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium. And the wrath of Parisian and Lyon supporters fell on the young players of OM, winner of their first Gambardella Cup in 45 years against Nancy (4-1). Indeed, while the meeting was interrupted for several minutes following a projectile thrown at Aboubaka Dosso, the young Marseille goalkeeper. On the 3-1 goal signed Gaël Lafont, the young Marseille midfielder came to celebrate near the Lyon kop. He was spit on. In short, the situation is explosive in Lille before a very promising meeting.