"We're in the finals!" PSG fans celebrate historic semi-final victory
VIDEO SHOWS: PSG FANS CELEBRATING AT ARC DE TRIOMPHE AND CHAMPS ELYSEES, SOUNDBITES OF FANS SAYING THEY ARE PROUD, AND THEY WANT AN ALL-FRENCH (PSG-OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS) FINAL, FANS CELEBRATING OUTSIDE BAR, FANS WATCHING MATCH, FIREWORKS, CARS HONKING HORNS
RESENDING WITH SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT. FRENCH TRANSLATIONS TO FOLLOW
SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (AUGUST 18, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
1. FIREWORKS EXPLODING OVER STREET FILLED WITH PEOPLE CELEBRATING AND CARS HONKING THEIR HORNS
2. FIREWORKS
3. PEOPLE ON TOP OF A CAR, CROWDED STREET OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING
4. PSG FANS CELEBRATING AT ARC DE TRIOMPHE
5. POLICE CLEARING PEOPLE OUT OF ROADWAY
6. PSG FANS CELEBRATING OUTSIDE BARS, ONE PERSON WITH A FLARE
7. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG FAN, SAYING:
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8. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG FAN, SAYING:
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9. MORE OF CROWD CELEBRATING, LIGHT FROM FLARE SEEN
10. PSG FANS CHANTING
11. FANS CHEERING AS THEY WATCH THE MATCH FROM A SIDEWALK BAR
12. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG FAN, SAYING:
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13. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG FAN, SAYING:
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14. FANS CELEBRATING WHILE WATCHING MATCH
15. FANS CROWDING OUTSIDE A BAR TO WATCH THE MATCH PLAYING ON SCREENS INSIDE
16. VARIOUS OF FANS WATCHING MATCH AT A BAR
17. SIGN POSTED AT BAR READING (French) -- xxx Translation to follow xxx --
18. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG FAN, SAYING:
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19. VARIOUS MORE OF FANS WATCHING MATCH AT BARS
20. VARIOUS OF FANS CELEBRATING WIN
21. PEOPLE CELEBRATING IN TRAFFIC
22. FIREWORKS BEING SET AS PEOPLE WATCH AND CHEER
23. POLICE CLEARING FANS FOR TRAFFIC TO GET BY
24. FANS NEAR THE EIFFEL TOWER
25. EIFFEL TOWER
STORY: Several thousand Paris St Germain fans headed to Paris' Champs Elysee avenue on Tuesday (August 18) night, setting off flares and fireworks as they celebrated their team reaching the Champions League final for the first time after beating RB Leipzig.
Supporters linked arms and chanted in close-knit groups, though few in the crowd wore face masks despite a recent uptick in COVID-19 infections in France.
Large crowds also gathered outside the French champions' Parc des Princes stadium, while Parisians lined up in and outside bars to watch the game.
PSG clinched a 3-0 win over Leipzig at the match held in Lisbon. They will meet either Olympique Lyonnais or Bayern Munich in Sunday's (August 23) final.
