CELEBRATION The authorities have anticipated a huge rally on the Champs-Elysées on Sunday in the event of a victory for Mbappé’s Blues against Messi’s Argentina
The Champs Elysées will be completely closed to traffic on Sunday for the final, unlike Wednesday after the France-Morocco semi-final. — Vladimir MILIVOJEVIC/SIPA
On July 15, 2018, some 600,000 people celebrated the victory of the Blues in the final of the World Cup in Russia on the Champs-Elysées. For the 2022 edition and while the French team faces Argentina in Qatar on Sunday, the authorities have announced that the most famous avenue in the world would be entirely pedestrianized for the occasion. For this final, the Paris police headquarters has provided 2,750 police and gendarmes in the capital. They were 2,000 last Saturday.
Some 12,800 police and gendarmes will be mobilized on Saturday in France to ensure security. festivities surrounding the small final of the World Cup between Morocco and Croatia and 14,000 Sunday for the final, announced; this Friday at; Paris law enforcement officials.
The device, presented; to the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin at; the Paris police headquarters, is more important than that deployed; for the semi-final won by France against Morocco (10,000 members of the security forces). On Saturday, as during the semi-final, the Champs-Elysées will nevertheless remain open to visitors. traffic.