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PSG fans gather in Paris to celebrate their semi-final Champions League win
A ban on fans of Paris’ Saint-Germain wearing their team’s shirt in the city center of fierce rivals Marseille on Sunday has been lifted.
Police had announced the ban for when the Parisians take over Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League.
Clothing itself “displaying the colors of PSG” was off-limit.
But the order was later returned after the decision was met with widespread criticism.
Justifying its initial ban, police said “there is strong hostility on the part of some Marseille residents, supporters or not, towards the PSG team, in opposition to any sporting spirit”.
The order came due to disruptions in Marseille during PSG’s semi-final win over German side Leipzig.
One man was arrested for assaulting a man wearing a PSG shirt. Hundreds of Marseille fans sang anti-PSG songs and detonated fireworks.
But Bouches-du-Rhône police later returned to order.
“The sole purpose of this decree was to protect Parisian supporters, and in no way intended to restrict freedom of movement,” it said on Twitter.
It added that it had decided to cancel the total ban on PSG fans due to the “misunderstanding caused by this decision”.
The PSG-Bayern game takes place in Benfica’s stadium in Lisbon.
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