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Champions League Final: France Government responds to why force was used on Liverpool fans

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Liverpool fans at the gate of Stade de France

 

The Champions League final was one that didn’t go well for Liverpool fans, in a lot of ways.

They lost the 2021/22 Final in Paris, and were mistreated by French police at the gate to the Stade de France—the venue to which the occasion held as they were sprayed teargas, with some held up for hours and denied entry into the stadium.

They only came to watch their team compete against the La Liga giants; Real Madrid in a final, not queue up to overthrow the French Government.

But even at that, the French authorities had to give their say, and their comments exonerated the French Police for their actions and pinned the blame on ‘thousands of ticketless Liverpool fans’ for the incident on Saturday.

The chaos at the Stade de France led kickoff time being delayed twice, with the game kicking off at 8:36 eventually as the police tried to get the situation under control.

The French police were said to have used teargas and pepper spray on the English fans, including children at the gates.

France’s interior minister, Gerald Darmanin wrote on his Twitter page that ‘thousands of British “fans” without a ticket or with fake tickets, had forced their way in and, at times, assaulted the stewards’.

The statements though were vehemently denied by the Liverpool fans and the British media after investigations were done with eye witness accounts by reporters present on the scene.

French sports minister, Amelie Oudea-Castera also blamed the English supporters.

“The attempts of intrusion and fraud by thousands of English fans have complicated the work of the stewards and police forces, but they will not tarnish this victory,” she posted on Twitter.

The Paris police headquarters said in a statement: “Many supporters without tickets for the match or holders of counterfeit tickets disrupted access to the Stade de France, at the level of the external security perimeter.”

Apparently the whole incident, bar the casualty of Hillsborough, is reminiscent of the event in that no party refused to admit to a fault with both parties pointing fingers at the other.

Hopefully UEFA takes more handling on events like this, and provide better management of the situation.

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