Tear gas floats in the air during clashes near the Paris fans zone. irishmirror.in[/caption]Internet Desk: French police fired tear gas during clashes with a group of football supporters denied entry to a packed Eiffel Tower fan zone showing the Euro 2016 final between France and Portugal.
The clashes took place outside the fan zone, which was closed before kick-off after reaching a maximum capacity of 90,000, causing disappointment and anger among those waiting to be admitted.
The base of the Eiffel Tower was engulfed in clouds of tear gas as riot police repelled the youths, who started fires on the pavement and threw bottles and other objects at the police lines, AFP photographers said yesterday.
Some of the demonstrators wore French flags knotted around their necks in a sign of support for the home side.
The police, who had posted a message on Twitter and issued warnings in the metro informing supporters the fan zone was full, used water cannon to extinguish the blazes.
French police arrested around 40 people for violence and other offences before and after France's defeat to Portugal in the Euro 2016 final in Paris, police have said.
Police used tear gas and rounded up supporters who pelted them with bottles at the foot of the Eiffel Tower after they were refused entry to the fan zone, which was closed after it was packed to its 90,000 capacity, Paris police said.
Other arrests took place outside the Stade de France where the match was played. They were for public disorder offences.
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