Government promises to fix Coupe de France security failures before Euro 2016

With about 2.5 million supporters expected at Euro 2016, Saturday's Coupe de France final wasn't the scene that France's government wanted to see.

Paris Saint-Germain's 4-2 victory over Olympique de Marseille at the Stade de France saw supporters throw firecrackers inside and outside the stadium while banned objects were brought inside the venue, according to security officials. The fixture, which came less than three weeks before Euro 2016 kicks off, also involved serious overcrowding.

Philippe Galli, the prefect for the Seine-Saint-Denis department that's partially responsible for Stade de France security, said Monday that corrections need to be made.

"The system cracked a little," Galli told Le Parisien, according to Reuters. "There are weak points that are not acceptable. We will have to correct what didn't work."

Bernard Cazeneuve, France's Minister of the Interior, specified some areas for improvement after a meeting involving local authorities, the French Football Federation, and UEFA.

"It was decided to rapidly correct the failings to guarantee the flow of supporters at entry points to the stadiums, to make security checks by private security firms reliable, and to make end-of-match exit points for fans safe," Cazeneuve said.

France is still in a state of emergency after multiple attacks last November killed 130 people in Paris. One of the attacks came at the Stade de France, where three explosions shook the stadium as France's national team was playing a friendly against Germany. Two of those explosions were reportedly suicide attacks that occurred at two entrances to the venue, while the third was a bombing that occurred outside a nearby McDonald's.

The Stade de France will host seven fixtures at Euro 2016, including the inaugural match between France and Romania on July 10 and the final on July 10.