STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Police made arrests to save him from violence surrounding Stuttgart’s Champions League adjustment against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
“In the run-up to the adjustment, it is obvious that German and French hooligans from either club were looking to use the last initial Champions League adjustment as an opportunity to seek serious confrontations away from the stadium,” Stuttgart police said in a statement.
“To spare you the impending assembly of those fanatics seeking violence, the police issued low-threshold checks targeting many of the French hooligans on Tuesday afternoon,” said police, who said they had been running in cooperation with Parisian counterparts.
Stuttgart police said they had put “59 French hooligans, preventing serious disturbances”, while 47 “high-risk Stuttgart enthusiasts” were also banned from attending the game. The French enthusiasts will remain in custody until Thursday morning.
“Anyone who travels to Stuttgart to dedicate violent crimes outside the box will be eliminated from the game,” said Stuttgart police deputy Carsten Höfler.
Police said PSG enthusiasts, adding cabidés, traveled to Stuttgart without tickets, and Stuttgart enthusiasts, with the help of high-risk supporters of French club Saint-Etienne, went to visit enthusiasts.
Local police discovered “French hooligans” at Stuttgart’s main exercise station and hotels, where searches uncovered “Draper in disguise among other things. “
Some of the Stuttgart enthusiasts who were kicked out of the game and the city’s Middle used guns, police said.
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