The French president will attend the semi-final of the World Cup in Qatar on Wednesday. However regardless of the winner, incidents are feared after the match in France and Belgium.

After the victory of Morocco over Portugal and France over England, Saturday, December 10, 2022, the supporters of the Atlas Lions and the Blues met on the Champs Elysees, in Paris and in a number of main cities of France. They celebrated the victory of their facet in pleasure and happiness. It’s true that each groups have achieved an actual sporting feat. Morocco particularly turned the primary African group in historical past to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Outbursts in Paris and Brussels

They have been about 20.000 on the Champs-Élysées, Saturday night, to have a good time. And, as typically, incidents broke out on the finish of the night. Greater than a thousand policemen and gendarmes had been mobilized to include essentially the most excited. However clashes generally violent opposed hooded supporters, utilizing fireworks and iron bars, and cops responding with tear gasoline grenades. In the long run, 19 policemen have been injured, a bit little bit of breakage, a couple of bikes burned and 100 folks arrested.
Similar situation within the Belgian capital the place about sixty arrests occurred. It’s true that related outbursts had already occurred in Brussels, Tuesday, December 6, after the historic victory of Morocco over Spain. The police arrested greater than 120 rioters, who have been answerable for looting and damaging scenes.

A historic semi-final

On this context of heightened tensions, the supporters of the Atlas Lions and the supporters of Les Bleus might be on the rendezvous of historical past, Wednesday, December 14 (20:00). The match will essentially have a particular character.
Initially, from a sporting standpoint, the match might be performed between two nice groups as a result of to succeed in the semi-final of the World Cup of soccer, it’s that the 2 groups are of a really excessive stage, no one can doubt it. The match might be very popular, the groups will struggle to go to the ultimate and hope to win this well-known Cup.

A symbolic dimension

Secondly, the confrontation between the Blues and the Moroccans can even have a political dimension. Certainly, the Moroccan group, which has eradicated the largest groups, together with Spain and Portugal, is “carried” by the Moroccan diaspora (about 5 million folks, together with a big group in France and Belgium) and by all African international locations that acknowledge themselves within the sporting achievement of the Atlas Lions.
Moroccan followers additionally see within the victory of their group a type of revenge of the Cherifian Empire, which was a French protectorate till 1956, in the direction of the colonizing nation.
In any case, President Emmanuel Macron will attend Wednesday’s match in addition to the Minister of Sports activities Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
The winner will meet Croatia, (who eradicated the favourite of the World Cup, Brazil) or Argentina, (who beat the Netherlands, Friday, December 9).
Could the very best group win!

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— Clément Lanot (@ClementLanot) December 10, 2022