National flags are prohibited inside the Parc des Princes for this Thursday's Europa League play-off match between Paris Saint-Germain and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Nearly one thousand police and gendarmes will be mobilised for the match, announced the director of the Parisian police force.

"Our message is: 'You are coming to watch a football match as supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv or Paris Saint-Germain. Do not come with Israeli flags, or Palestinian flags because you will not be allowed to take them into the ground'," said Jean-Louis Fiamenghi.