ASTON Villa fans have been warned to “be on guard” after PSG hooligans attacked Brits in targeted bar brawl.
The horror attack came ahead of the crunch Champions League tie game between Villa and PSG on Wednesday night.
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Shocking footage from the attack shows the PSG hooligans attacking the English fans outside an Irish pub in the red light district of the French capital.
The aggressive fans can be seen throwing glasses and chairs, before starting fist fights.
The cops were called to the scene but did not arrive in time to make any arrests of the PSG attackers.
The attack is thought to be “deliberately targeted”, a source close to the investigation told The Sun.
The source said: “A large gang of PSG ultras, many of them with hoods pulled up, turned up ready for a fight.
“They knew who they were looking for – anybody supporting Aston Villa. The Aston Villa fans were deliberately targeted.”
A gang calling themselves the “PSG hooligans” has appeared to claim responsibility for the attack.
They group describes themselves as a continuation of the now disbanded Kop of Boulogne.
Kop of Boulogne was a far-Right and racist group that was forced to fold in 2008 after attacks on football fans from black and Arab backgrounds.
The PSG gang was notorious for attacking supporters of its own club if they came from ethnic minority backgrounds.
The police have classified Wednesday’s game which will be played at the Parc des Princes as having a risk level of 3 out of 5 – meaning there is a “moderate but real risk of incidents.”
Now they have warned English fans in Paris to “be on guard”.
There are some 3,000 Villa fans in the French capital – 1,000 of them without tickets – ahead of Wednesday’s game.
These are expected to include Prince William, a massive Villa supporter, who has been invited to the game by PSG.
There is no serious history of rivalry between Villa and PSG two sets of fans but the French are known to be raging at Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez for arriving in Paris wearing a cap with an Argentina crest over a French cock.
The cap that showed the four international titles he has won with Argentina — and featured a French cockerel drawn in pen.
Martinez played a huge part in Argentina’s defeat of France in the 2022 World Cup Final in Qatar, leaving Paris fans furious.
But Paris hooligans are also notorious for wanting to “test themselves” against English fans, according to a PSG source.
France has experienced a big rise in football hooliganism over the last five seasons.
And the French Interior Ministry has just announced a ban on Legion X, ultras linked to Paris FC, after repeated horror attacks on rival fans.
Who are the PSG hooligans?
By Lydia Doye
- The “PSG hooligans” describes themselves as a continuation of the now disbanded Kop of Boulogne (KoB).
- KoB was a far-Right and racist group that was forced to fold in 2008 after attacks on football fans from black and Arab backgrounds.
- KoB was notorious for attacking supporters of its own club if they came from ethnic minority backgrounds.
- The PSG hooligans appear to have claimed responsibility for attack on Villa fans.
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