At the Stade de France, a Top 14 final under surveillance but without incident

Live from the Stade de France where the Top 14 final took place on Friday June 24, journalist Yaël Benamou explains that the situation remained calm. “The atmosphere remained good throughout the day. Before the match, we saw the supporters of Castres Olympique sing, dance, be very optimistic“, she says. Security was obviously an important issue for this event, less than a month after the incidents surrounding the Champions League final, organized in the same stadium.

“This time, for this Top 14 final, the French authorities have decided to mobilize nearly 2,000 law enforcement agencies – police and gendarmes – to ensure public order and to fight against crime.“, continues the journalist. A more important device than during the evening of May 28, when the incidents had occurred, and which was deployed both in the stadium and in the surroundings, to the nearby stations, which also had aim to accompany the exit of the supporters of the two teams at the end of the match to prevent any clashes.