PSG Fan Stabbed in Milan Ahead of UEFA Champions League Clash

Hooded attackers stabbed a Paris Saint-Germain supporter forward of the French membership’s Champions League match at AC Milan, Italian police stated Tuesday.

The unnamed French man was “seriously injured by two stab wounds in the leg” in Milan on Monday night time and brought to hospital, police stated in an announcement.

The Corriere della Sera newspaper stated the person was 34 years outdated and his life was not in hazard.

Witnesses instructed police the conflict occurred between round 50 Milan followers and French followers who have been in the Navigli space of the northern Italian metropolis.

Video photographs on social media shared by Italian information websites present a bunch of males on a canal aspect identified for its cafes, bars and nightlife.

As flares are set off, they instantly flip and run from one other group of males, some of whom are carrying hoods and wielding what appear like batons.

The assault comes lower than two months after a Newcastle United supporter was stabbed in the identical space of town forward of a Champions League fixture towards Milan.

Seven-time European champions Milan on Tuesday host PSG, who presently lead Group F by two factors and shall be favourites after hammering the Italians 3-0 on the Parc des Princes a fortnight in the past.

An already scorching environment on the San Siro shall be additional enflamed by the return of Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who left Milan for PSG as a free agent in the summer season of 2021.

Tuesday’s match may have a huge effect on each aspect’s prospects of reaching the knockout levels of the Champions League as simply 4 factors separate the 4 groups in the group.

Milan are backside of the group on two factors after failing to attain a single objective in their opening three matches.

(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)