The French team in the final: the party in Toulouse, no major incidents either in the city center or in the neighborhoods
For this match between France and Morocco, 280 police officers were mobilized to maintain order. No major incident occurred either during the match or during the hours following the victory of the Blues.
We are a few minutes before the start of the match between Morocco and France. A CRS salutes the Toulouse youth gathered in the bars of Place Saint-Pierre, in the beating heart of the Pink City. At the wheel of a van stamped with the colors of the republic, he shouts from his megaphone a vigorous “Go blues! “, instantly by the cheers of the crowd.
280 police officers are mobilized this Wednesday evening for this semi-final of the World Cup. The device squares all the neuralgic points of the city center. The Capitol is sealed off. During the match: dead calm. Except in bars. A monster clamor ricochets off the Garonne with each flight of the Blues. Final whistle. Hundreds of young people commune around a few cracked smoke bombs and under green lasers that dazzle the eyes.
Fireworks make the sky glow with cries of joy. A kid on a scooter attempts a one-way crossing. He is lectured by municipal police, makes amends and leaves without damage. The youth in celebration converges on Jean-Jaurès where at the height of the night more than 4,000 people celebrate the gang at Deschamps. Place Wilson, teenagers play tightrope walkers on road signs. An agricultural bomb explodes nearby without making them lose their balance., No major incident to report. Neither on the side of the police nor on the side of the fire department. It is 11:30 p.m., the Reynerie is in hibernation. Only a few hooded young people walk around Place André-Abbal. Same story at Bellefontaine or Les Pradettes. The only downside, in the Saint-Cyprien district, is a motorist brandishing a Moroccan flag to pedestrians, shouting: “N… France! “. His proposals are quickly dissolved by the repeated scenes of harmony between the supporters of the two one-night rivals.