Paris supporters disrupt Barcelona's sleep ahead of Champions League clash at Parc des Princes

Fireworks set off near their hotel disrupted the night for FC Barcelona players ahead of their trip to Parc des Princes for matchday 3 of the Champions League league phase against PSG on Tuesday evening.

Around 1:15 a.m., detonations and colored rockets lit up the sky in the immediate vicinity of Domaine Reine Margot, a five-star establishment in Issy-les-Moulineaux in the Hauts-de-Seine, where the Catalan squad had set up their base camp. The scene was filmed live by a journalist from Spanish program El Chiringuito, present on site via remote feed, which gave it immediate international media coverage.

The fireworks, apparently the work of Paris supporters, quickly stopped. The exact identity of those responsible was not immediately established. This practice — disrupting opposing teams’ sleep the night before a European match — has become recurring in several major cities across the continent.

The context surrounding this fixture goes well beyond the sporting realm. The Paris police prefecture has taken significant preventive measures, with orders banning demonstrations in several districts of the capital and targeted curfews around the stadium. The match is not in question, but the security apparatus deployed testifies to palpable tension as kick-off approaches.