Real Madrid and Liverpool fans invade the streets of the French capital with the dream of taking home the ‘orejona’
Paris woke up this Saturday, painted white and red. Hordes of Real Madrid and Liverpool fans stormed the streets of the French capital on Friday to attend the Champions League grand final. The most important competition of the year has turned the French metropolis into a settlement divided between two of the liveliest parishes on the continent, which have loaded their bags with tons of enthusiasm and a great desire for fun.
Some 500 people received Real Madrid’s expedition on Thursday when Carlo Ancelotti’s team arrived at his hotel, a headquarters in Chantilly, about 60 kilometers from the city with the Eiffel Tower, where the whites spend the hours before a duel with planetary planes. consequences that keep the French authorities alert.
The presence of about a hundred thousand fans of the two finalists is expected all day this Saturday, so a comprehensive security device has been deployed to prevent incidents that completely bring the clouding of what should be a football party to the top. fans without a ticket.
Although the Stade de France can accommodate 81,338 spectators, the hall will not be filled to the brim for safety reasons, but will be limited to 75,000 people. UEFA reserved just 20,000 tickets for Real Madrid fans and the same number for Liverpool supporters, as well as selling some 12,000 tickets to fans around the world. The bulk of the remaining, some 23,000, is being used to fulfill European football’s governing body’s obligations with the continental competition’s sponsors, who pay hundreds of millions of euros a year to support the tournament.
This ever-controversial seat allocation will mean that thousands of merengue and ‘reds’ fans will have to settle for taking part in the celebrations organized in the two ‘fan zones’ set up by UEFA in Paris, handily separated to try and resolve disagreements between both swellings.
Real Madrid’s ‘fan zone’ is located in the Legion of Honor, very close to the Saint-Denis venue. It will open its doors this Saturday at 12:00 noon and will remain active until 5:00 pm. There, fans of the thirteen-year-old king of Europe can take part in a variety of activities before heading to the stadium to cheer on the whites who shout ‘Hala Madrid!’ call. Liverpool fans, with ‘You’ll never walk alone’ as their main rallying cry, will gather on the Cours de Vincennes within the same timeslot.
In addition, UEFA has organized all kinds of events in the French capital to entertain fans. The highlight is the Trophy Experience, the centerpiece of an exhibition in front of the Hotel de Ville that includes the popular UEFA Champions League Official Shop, a giant replica of the official Adidas match ball and rotating displays of shirts signed by participating clubs. group stage, including of course those of the two brand new finalists. Visitors can also be photographed with the coveted ‘orejona’.
The predictions said some 30,000 Real Madrid fans would travel to the city of Kylian Mbappe between Friday and Saturday and put the number of Liverpool fans arriving without a ticket at around 40,000. Many of them were already colorful on Friday and made themselves felt in the suburbs of the stadium, where the ‘red’ shirts dominated and the beer mugs paraded in a constant bustle, among the curiosity of the Parisians. Some looked at the Real Madrid fans with some suspicion. The soap starring the child prodigy Bondy has opened deep wounds between Paris and Madrid, although cordiality and respect prevailed.
Liberté, egalité and especially fraternité waiting for the ball to roll in a Stade de France that will host the Champions League final for the third time. The previous two saw a Spanish team rise to the throne: Real Madrid, who triumphed 3-0 against Valencia in 2000 to lift their eighth ‘orejona’; and Barça, who defeated Arsenal 2-1 in 2006 and won the trophy for a second time. In the ‘white house’ they expect the streak to continue
Source: La Verdad
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