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Paris set to host France-Israel football match despite rising tensions

The game at the Stade de France on Thursday has been identified as a potential flashpoint but Bruno Retailleau said France would not 'back down'

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A youth walks outside the training centre of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv (Pic: AFP)

A youth walks outside the training centre of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv (Pic: AFP)

A Nations League football match between France and Israel will go ahead as planned in Paris next week despite the clashes that erupted in Amsterdam following a game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax, the French interior minister said on Friday.

The game at the Stade de France on Thursday has been identified as a potential flashpoint but Bruno Retailleau said France would not 'back down'.

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