By Jim Van Wijk, Press Association Sport
Published: 12:02 GMT, 22 March 2019 | Updated: 12:07 GMT, 22 March 2019
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Paris St Germain have expressed their 'full support' to fans who travelled to the Champions League match against Chelsea Women, where weapons, fireworks and drugs were found on board a supporters' coach.
A coach carrying about 50 PSG fans who had travelled to London from France overnight was turned away from the Kingsmeadow ground ahead of the quarter-final first leg.
The Metropolitan Police said 'knives and knuckledusters' were recovered while one man was arrested for possession of class A drugs.
A coach carrying about 50 PSG fans was turned away from Kingsmeadow on Thursday
There were also reports of vandalism at the stadium during Thursday morning, as well as disorder later on at Waterloo and Wimbledon stations. Chelsea won the first leg 2-0.
Despite the widely-reported incidents, PSG issued a club statement on Friday morning criticising the handling of the situation and claiming no damage had been caused at the stadium by their fans.
'We repeat that the local authorities have not provided any evidence of wrongdoing, at least no fact available