The French Football Federation (FFF) and UEFA have estimated the number of “false tickets” scanned at the Stade de France during the Champions League final at 2,800. But among these would be real tickets that have been activated incorrectly.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin spoke of a “massive, industrial and organized fraud” of tickets which would be at the origin of the chaos, evoking 30,000 to 40,000 English supporters at the Stade de France without tickets or with falsified tickets.
An investigation has been entrusted to the Paris judicial police on this alleged fraud and UEFA has opened an independent investigation to shed light on the various incidents.
To be taken with caution
However, the figures put forward by the minister should be taken with caution. French lawyer Me Pierre Barthélémy, specializing in fan issues and present at the match, offers another explanation:“e-tickets had to be activated, and there were computer failures at the gates which caused some real tickets to be scanned as fake“, he details.
“I want proof of this in the testimony of Andy Robertson. The Liverpool player has offered official tickets to relatives. Once at the turnstiles, they were told that these tickets were fake“, supported the man of law.
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