French authorities announced that 780 people were arrested across the country when overnight celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League victory over Arsenal were marred by violent clashes and a road accident that killed a young man.
Thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris for the match and to revel in PSG's triumph in the final held in the Hungarian capital Budapest late Saturday.
However, some mobs clashed with police, with 57 security forces injured and 219 participants injured in France, including eight seriously.
A young man in his twenties died after crashing head-on into concrete blocks on a Paris ring road exit ramp on his motocross bike, while another was seriously injured in a knife attack in Paris allegedly over a robbery.
The Interior Minister, Laurent Nunez, noted a 32 percent increase in arrests compared to last year's celebrations and promised a strong law enforcement response during the players' return celebrations.
