The atmosphere at the stadium was clearly tense on Thursday, with reports of a brief altercation between a small number of fans in the stands early in the game.

Some football fans attending the European Nations League match in Paris between France and Israel whistled and booed as the Israeli anthem played at the start of the game. Thursday's match was played in front of scant crowds and heavy security a week after violence in Amsterdam between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and visiting Israeli fans.

Israel and France played out a goalless draw in a Nations League football match in Paris on Thursday surrounded by a huge security operation.The draw was enough for France to secure a place in the Nations League quarter-finals.