An expert suggests football violence stems from the pursuit of excitement and the need to prove masculinity, following riots after Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League win. Nearly 900 arrests were made.

Nearly 900 people have been arrested in riots that broke out after Paris Saint-Germain club won the coveted Champions League for a second consecutive year over the weekend. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Mateusz Grodecki, Associate Professor at The Maria Grzegorzewska University, says that football violence "is about proving one's masculinity and the excitement that violence provides to one's life".