France-England friendly to go ahead – French federation
The France-England friendly match scheduled for
Tuesday will go ahead despite deadly attacks in
Paris that left more than 120 dead on Friday,
according to the French football federation.
“After talks with the English FA who
assured us there was no particular risk
in holding the match, we decided to go
ahead,” a federation spokesman told AFP
on Saturday.
“If British authorities came to re-
evaluate the situation, obviously the
question of holding the match or not
would be addressed.”
As France played Germany in a friendly
at the Stade de France on Friday, three
loud explosions were heard outside the
national stadium during the first half.
At least four people died outside the
glittering venue which staged the 1998
World Cup final with several others
seriously hurt.
One of the explosions was near a
McDonald’s restaurant on the fringes of
the stadium. At least one of the two
explosions in rue Jules-Rimet was a
suicide bomb attack.
French President Francois Hollande, who
was watching the game, was
immediately evacuated. The two sides
played on to the end.
Afterwards, bewildered fans poured onto
the pitch while waiting for all the exits to
be declared secure and the stadium
eventually emptied in a relatively calm
atmosphere.
The Stade de France was one of at least
six different venues hit in a string of
coordinated attacks that left 128 dead.
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