Football violence is about 'excitement' and 'proving one's masculinity', expert says • FRANCE 24

Nearly 900 people have been arrested in riots that broke out after Paris Saint-Germain club won the coveted Champions League for a second consecutive year over the weekend. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Mateusz Grodecki, Associate Professor at The Maria Grzegorzewska University, says that football violence "is about proving one's masculinity and the excitement that violence provides to one's life".
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