PARIS — Newcastle United fans have been advised to “stick together” after a group of masked Paris Saint-Germain ultras attacked a bar where travelling supporters were drinking the night before the two clubs met in the Champions League.
Video circulated on social media on Monday night of PSG fans dressed in black clothing trying to get into a bar where Newcastle fans were congregating and brief skirmishes, with a window broken.
Visiting fans who were present at the bar told i it was “completely unprovoked”.
The incident took place at a bar in the Boulogne-Billancourt suburb after local police asked the Corcoran’s Irish pub, where more than 1,000 Newcastle fans were meeting in a ticketed event earlier in the evening, to shut at around 10pm for fear of clashes with local supporters.
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A group of around 30 PSG fans then turned up at the nearby Cafe Seguin, proceeded to throw a flare and chairs at the windows and doors of the bar before moving on.
A representative of the Newcastle United Supporters Club who was present told i there were no injuries. It appeared to be an isolated incident and the NUSC said videos “made it look worse than it was”.
It will, however, raise tensions before a crucial game on Tuesday night which Newcastle need to avoid defeat in to stay in the Champions League. i has contacted the club for comment.
Fans are now being warned to be vigilant before the match itself, with the NUSC telling fans to “stick together and look after each other” in the run-up to Tuesday evening’s game.
The club issued advice earlier this month for fans to get to the ground at least an hour before kick off and “strongly advising” them to avoid the Auteuil suburb of the city.
Newcastle fan Eddie McKay was hospitalised after being stabbed in Milan in September.
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