Inside vast Champions League security op with 5,000 cops, riot units & ring of steel…& that's NOT even in host Munich

The Irish Sun

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A MAJOR security operation with riot cops and a ring of steel is being mobilised for the final PSG vs Inter Milan Champions League showdown - but it is 500 miles away from the host city.
Security officials are on high alert as thousands of fans are expected to flock to Munich to witness the European football season's epic climax.
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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) supporters set off flares and wave a team logo flag as they gather ahead of the UEFA Champions League semi-final
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Anti-riot police officers stand guard during a football match in France
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Inter fans celebrate after a match win
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Police cars in front of the Allianz Arena in Munich where tomorrow's finale will take place
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But a separate security operation will take place in Paris, where footie fans are equally charged up as they continue to cheer for their home team
The French capital will deploy 5,400 police officers for Saturday's final game,
Paris
police chief Laurent Nunez said.
Although the match will be held in Munich, a
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To tackle this, police units will be deployed alongside "mobile gendarmes", which are French mobile police units.
Many of the officers will be on the watch around the capital's Champs-Élysées avenue, where fans are expected to take to the streets if their home team lifts the cup tomorrow.
Cops are expected to shut down the traffic near the venue, and constant camera surveillance will be activated.
Security will also be beefed up around Parc des Princes, PSG's home stadium on the southwestern edge of the city, the Paris police chief added.
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Nunez said: "We have a large network throughout the metropolitan area. So yes, a massive deployment in the capital and its metropolitan area with 5,400 personnel mobilised.
"We have called up personnel from the police headquarters, and the Minister of State has placed numerous mobile forces, CRS [riot police] and mobile gendarmes at my disposal. Everyone is on deck."
French riot police 'tear gas entire streets' as fans 'throw fireworks' in chaotic scenes before PSG vs Arsenal
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hocking footage from just hours after the PSG vs Arsenal match showed a car ploughing into a crowd of
football
fans
before being torched.
The burning wreck of the vehicle can be seen on Rue Christophe-Colomb, close to the Champs-Elysées.
Young PSG supporters were seen confronting riot police.
There were reports that some targeted even shops and banks, leaving the windows smashed.
A Paris Police Prefecture spokesperson said at least "43 people were arrested during the PSG victory celebrations", mainly for public order offences.
Meanwhile, cops in the host city of Munich are also bracing up for the high-stakes final game.
An increased police presence is expected throughout the city, with more than 2,000 special police officers deployed around key areas.
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PSG supporters set off flares as they gather ahead of the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football match
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German police at a Bundesliga match between
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Inter Milan fans celebrate winning Serie A in 2021
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Aerial view of Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
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This include the massive Allianz Arena stadium, where the match will take place and the Olympic Park, where thousands of fans will gather for a free public viewing.
A German police spokesperson said: "It is to be expected that high-risk individuals will be here. But we are well prepared.
"The Italian fans in particular have a certain potential. Therefore, the match has been assessed as a high-risk match."
Units of Bavarian riot police will be deployed to tackle any chaos.
Hawk-eyed undercover cops will comb through the area while mobile and fixed barriers in different positions will be built throughout.
The barriers are designed to help prevent car rammings similar to the one witnessed in Liverpool last week during a Premier League victory parade, which left 79 people injured.
There has been a spate of violence in recent weeks surrounding big football matches.
Shocking
British and Spanish football fans were seen brawling in the streets, launching bottles and smoke grenades and even being pushed back by police water cannons.
The ugly scenes have kicked off mainly near the fanzone in Wroclaw - where the final was held - with riot police forced to defuse the violence.
Just hours before
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Fans clash in ugly scenes in Poland before the Europa Conference Final
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Supporters were seen hurling punches, kicking, launching bottles and smoke grenades
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Tottenham Hotspur fans in the streets of Bilbao
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Tables and chairs were thrown to the floor
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Soon, chairs were hurtling through the air as the fans squared up to each other before police, some armed with guns, came to separate them.
Cops were even forced to hurl powerful water cannons at
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Spanish security officials were on high alert and had deployed a ring of steel to fortify the San Mames Stadium as brawls had broken out and streets had been rashed ahead of the final.
Shocking images showed Brit fans tearing down traffic lights, vomiting in the city's streets and chucking bottles, vapes and cans around.
Local media reported that some footie fanatics have become "difficult to control".
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, but only one of them can go home with the riches.
Luis Enrique's side saw off
La Liga
winners 7-6 on aggregate.
Champions League 2025 prize money
INTER and PSG are guaranteed to take home at least £15.9m, but the runner-up prize will not appeal to either of them.
For winning the competition, either of the pair could walk home with £21.9m
Winner:
£21.5m
Runner-up:
£15.9m
Semi-finalist:
£12.9m
Quarter-finalist:
£10.7m
Round of 16:
£9.4m
League stage qualification:
£1.7m
League stage win
: £1.8m
League stage draw:
£590,000