The French clubs take their precautions. While incidents broke out on the sidelines of the Europa League Conference match between OGC Nice and Cologne last Thursday at the Allianz Riviera, AS Monaco and Stade Rennais are trying to anticipate possible violence.
Security around and inside the Louis-II stadium will be reinforced Thursday evening (6:45 p.m.) for the reception of Ferencváros, during the second day of the Europa League, AFP learned on Monday from the Monegasque club. Even if only 7,000 people, including 900 Hungarian supporters, are expected on Thursday evening, the local authorities, in collaboration with the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture, have reinforced security with a large force of Monegasque police officers, a CRS company and a gendarmerie company. French national.
The flow of Hungarian supporters will be managed by a police escort for the buses, by an obligation to park in a specific car park and by respecting entry times to the Principality for those traveling by train, in order to allow time sufficient for palpations before entering the stadium.
Later on Thursday evening (9 p.m.), Stade Rennais will face Fenerbahçe with a “serious risk” at the level of the supporters, indicated Monday the prefecture from Ille-et-Vilaine, thus justifying the limitation of the number of supporters present. While the total capacity of Roazhon Park is almost 30,000, there will be only 19,000 people present, including 1,395 supporters of the Turkish club escorted to the visitor parking lot.
“Following several meetings with the authorities in charge of the security of this Europa League match classified as high risk (…) Stade Rennais FC has taken the decision, with regret, not to open its ticket office for the general public this Monday, September 12, is it indicated in a press release from the club.
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As a precautionary measure, the SRFC has taken the decision, in consultation with the security authorities, not to open its ticket office for the general public.
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— Stade Rennais FC (@staderennais) September 12, 2022
During from a press briefing Élise Dabouis, chief of staff to the prefect, indicated that the prefecture is preparing for the activation of a crisis unit in order to suspend the match if necessary. For this match classified at “3” on a scale of five levels of risk of disturbing public order by the national division for the fight against hooliganism (DNLH), the prefecture has planned a “extensive device” of law enforcement, when Stade Rennais mobilizes 160 security agents and 360 stewards to channel known Turkish supporters.