A brief scuffle broke out in the stands as Israeli soccer fans returned to Europe, but a heavy security presence in Paris ensured there was no repeat of the large-scale violence seen in Amsterdam last week.

Bezalel Smotrich, the controversial Israeli Minister of Finance, was scheduled to attend an event by a far-right organization in Paris just before, further escalating tensions. The police have classified it as a high-risk encounter,

Police made 40 arrests at a tense football match between France and Israel in Paris but the city's police chief said on Friday the huge security operation had "worked very well".