kop of boulogne fight

ItâÂÂs a far-reaching and distressing decision but I have to ensure the safety of all.âÂÂThe French Minister of the Interior Brice Hortefeux backed LeprouxâÂÂs decision ahead of PSGâÂÂs trip to Lens on Saturday, especially in light of clashes between the clubâÂÂs fans in Lille on January 16.However, putting the deplorable violence to one side for a minute, If a football club is required to be financially solvent to remain a going concern, surely it also needs a fan base as well? Symbolically, Auteuil prefer to qualify as a « virage » (curve, turn). But they don't question the hegemony of the kop (Boulogne), they stay pacifist and don't display their cosmopolitanism.The situation change at the beginning of the years 2000, especially when the group "les Tigris Mystic", located in the lower level of the stand Auteuil, are growing and accept to position themselves against violence, against opposition supporters and also against Boulogne, which challenges the unspoken power balance. Bath chooseusername. Before joining United, Heinze had played in France for three years at Paris Saint-Germain â whose fiercest rivals, lest we forget, are none other than Marseille.It must be said in HeinzeâÂÂs defence that he would have liked to go back to PSG, but new manager Antoine Kombouaré had faith in Mamadou Sakho, a gifted yet error-prone 20-year-old from the clubâÂÂs academy.Still, you get the feeling that of the several offers presented to Heinze and his representatives in the summer, there must surely have been one that was trouble-free and uncomplicated.But obviously that wouldnâÂÂt have been to the taste of Heinze, who by now seems to relish the bitterness he inspires in others.So itâÂÂll come as no surprise that Heinze was one of the focal points â or should we say flash-points - ahead of last SundayâÂÂs clasico between Marseille and PSG at the Parc des Princes. Please refresh the page and try again.FourFourTwo is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. DuceDVX. Other groups of Auteuil denounce then the racism of Boulogne, in particular after an away game in Nantes marked by numerous outbursts, and follow verbally Tigris when they're chanting "la Marseillaise" (French national anthem) while showing their French ID card. There, the club's first Italian-style ultra group, Boulogne Boys, was founded in 1985. Sports Team. Other KoB groups, however, took British hooligans as dubious role models and violence rapidly escalated. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts A 38-year-old member of the Kop of Boulogne was left in a coma after being attacked by a rival group based in the Tribune dâÂÂAuteuil.Enough was enough. Quickly, it welcomes a certain amount of bands who roam around the capital, including nationalists skinheads. ItâÂÂs fair to say Gabriel Heinze is no stranger to controversy. Sports Team.

All rights reserved. For the PSG fans had decided to take aim not at Marseille, but at each other.Throughout the match, rival sets of PSG supporters from the Virage Auteuil and the Kop of Boulogne exchanged abuse. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, « In hindsight, the creation of Auteuil is already a way to fight racism. On Tuesday, PSGâÂÂs chairman Robin Leproux revealed that the club would try to stop the violence by no longer selling tickets for away games. But once Marseille fans announced that they were boycotting the fixture, the latest Paris peace treaty was revealed to be a fig leaf.Riot police charged and tear gas was launched as the area around the Parc became a warzone. I have read that Boulogne was the first tribunes and that at some point it became radicalised rightwards, the Auteuil tribune which was more multicultural started to grow and both these tribunes started to fight one another. But since there were internal tensions in Auteuil and with their extremism attitude, Tigris aren't are not supported by the entire stand and eventually give up while announcing their self-dissolution.To try to stay impartial you have to acknowledge that most of the So Foot journalists who supports PSG usually go to Auteuil so this article is probably quite biased. At the request of the club's Qatari owners, the traditional crest underwent a major makeover in 2013.Paris Saint-Germain used to host two very famous invitational competitions: the Paris Saint-Germain played their first game at their current home stadium, the 47,929-seater During their early years, PSG played at several grounds including the main stadium of the Paris Saint-Germain is the most popular football club in France and one of the most widely supported teams in the world.Lacking a big passionate fanbase, the club began offering cheaper season tickets to young supporters in 1976.The club exiled the supporters' groups from the Parc des Princes and banned them from all PSG matches in what was known as Plan Leproux.Paris Saint-Germain shares an intense rivalry with In their early meetings during the 1970s there was little indication the two would become deadly adversaries.