Hundreds of both Morocco and France supporters have been arrested after a clash in Champs-Élysées Paris on Saturday, AFP reports.
According to the report, Morocco and France fans who sang songs of joy at knowing Morocco and France have qualified for the semi-finals of the World Cup, while other supporters clashed with the Police in Paris.
It was to be feared (or to be hoped), and it is a safe bet that the excitement will be just as important on Wednesday, for this highly symbolic match between these two teams, but the successive qualifications and then France for the World Cup semi-finals created a stir on the Champs-Elysées.
The report by AFP also added that the bar housing Morocco and France supporters was 20,000 people present in the Champs sector was crossed during the course of the evening with a very very large majority of Moroccan supporters, joined by French people.
The situation did not escalate, the security forces were not ordered to disperse the crowd, and traffic was not cut off either, a sign that the situation remained under control despite slight overflows.