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Hooded attackers stabbed a Paris Saint-Germain supporter forward of the French membership’s Champions League match at AC Milan, Italian police mentioned Tuesday. The unnamed French man was “critically injured by two stab wounds within the leg” in Milan on Monday evening and brought to hospital, police mentioned in a press release. The Corriere della Sera newspaper mentioned the person was 34 years previous and his life was not in peril. Witnesses instructed police the conflict occurred between round 50 Milan followers and French followers who had been within the Navigli space of the northern Italian metropolis.
Video photographs on social media shared by Italian information websites present a gaggle 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, a few of whom are carrying hoods and wielding what appear to be batons.
The assault comes lower than two months after a Newcastle United supporter was stabbed in the identical space of the town forward of a Champions League fixture towards Milan.
Seven-time European champions Milan on Tuesday host PSG, who at present lead Group F by two factors and will probably be favourites after hammering the Italians 3-0 on the Parc des Princes a fortnight in the past.
An already scorching ambiance on the San Siro will probably be additional enflamed by the return of Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who left Milan for PSG as a free agent in the summertime of 2021.
Tuesday’s match might have a big impact on each aspect’s prospects of reaching the knockout phases of the Champions League as simply 4 factors separate the 4 groups within the group.
Milan are backside of the group on two factors after failing to attain a single objective of their opening three matches.
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