Fans of Aston Villa and PSG compete in Paris before the Champions League tie while chairs and punches are thrown into the streets

Shocking images of Aston Villa and fans of Paris Saint-Germain clash in the French capital emerged before the equality of clubs in the Champions League.

Punch and chairs were launched between supporters in the streets of Paris.

It arrives only 24 hours before the biggest villa match in years with the Midlands Club that has not reached this European elite competition stadium since the 1982-1983 campaign.

France has seen a worrying increase in the violence of football recently. Last week, the French Ministry of the Interior proposed a ban on Legion X, a group of fans for the Paris FC second level football club because it is involved in serious violence for years.

There were concerns before last summer Olympic Games when a Marseille match against Lyon was canceled when the visitors’ bus was bombed with stones and beer bottles, leaving Lyon coach Fabio Grosso with facial injuries.

Villa expected a fiery reception of the crowd of the Princes Park for Wednesday’s match with the Youri Tielemans midfielder supporting his goalkeeper Emi Martinez to manage the abuse of the crowd.

A supporter charges a chair in ugly scenes in the construction of the quarter -final

The guardian of Aston Villa Emiliano Martinez is a villain in France because of his buffoonery for Argentina

Martinez is one of the main bad guys from the French sports public thanks to its antics after helping Argentina to beat France in the 2022 World Cup final, and it seemed to pour fuel to the fire by going to Paris by carrying a ceiling displaying the four titles which it has won internationally.

And this feeling of animosity was reflected by the fans when they met on Tuesday evening.

The UAI Emery team reached this stadium with a categorical victory of 6-1 on the Brugge club in the last 16.