On Sunday around 14,000 police officers will be on duty throughout France to guarantee security as Les Bleus take to Argentina World Cup final, officials said on Friday.
The security campaign, presented publicly to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Friday, will see the concentration of forces in Paris, where huge crowds are expected in the event of a victory.
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The Champs-Élysées avenue was the scene of huge celebrations during France’s previous World Cup victories in 1998 and 2018, with 600,000 people cheering and dancing four years ago.
The road will be closed for traffic on Sunday and 2,750 officials will be deployed in the surrounding areas.
Sub-zero temperatures and rain, which are forecast for Sunday, may frustrate either party, however, there will be victory for Argentina and their inspirational Paris-based playmaker Lionel Messi.
Police will be on their guard for troublemakers after arresting around 40 far-right sympathizers on Wednesday evening as they attempted to join crowds of revelers after France beat Morocco in the semi-finals.
“They came to start the fight,” Darmanin told reporters.
A total of about 115 people were arrested after Morocco’s game in Paris, and there were also clashes last Saturday after France’s quarter-final win, when police fired teargas to disperse the crowd.
A 14-year-old boy died in the southern city of Montpellier after Wednesday’s game after being hit by a car carrying supporters.
The driver of a white hatchback that was involved in the accident is still being sought by the police.
In 2019 there was a fatal accident in Pylade, the same poverty-stricken area of the city, when a driver lost control of his vehicle and hit a mother and her child after an Africa Cup of Nations game.
A total of 12,800 police officers will also be deployed in France for the third-place run-off game between Morocco and Croatia on Saturday.
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