Accusations are directed towards the authorities in France, of mutilating Liverpool fans, on the sidelines of the chaos that occurred at the Paris stadium in the Champions League final.
Liverpool lost the Champions League final to Real Madrid, with a goal scored by Brazilian winger Vinicius Junior, on a sad night for the Reds and their fans.
But things didn’t stop there, and there were several riots before and after the match, causing it to be delayed for over 30 minutes.
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For its part, the European Union investigated what was published about the horrific pictures of fans who were subjected to tear gas by the French police.
French politicians claimed that thousands of fans arrived at the Stade de France with fake tickets, causing chaos.
What did the French interior say?
Interior Minister Gerald Ramanen said: “There was a huge fraud at the level of organization and entry with fake tickets, as the percentage of fake tickets coming to the Stade de France reached 70%.”
For its part, the British newspaper, “Mirror”, published some accusations coming from a source in the French Ministry of the Interior of an attempt to distort the Liverpool fans.
The source said: “This complaint is aimed at trying to cover up the poor organization, accusing the English team’s supporters of hooliganism is just nonsense.”
He continued, “In other countries, it was worth the minister’s resignation, but in France lies are added to police violence to cover up any problem.”
Inexperienced security forces
Other police officers said they should not have relied on riot squads trained for a different kind of disruption in the Champions League final.
A source told the English newspaper: “The situation of these teams that have no experience in dealing with the fans present at a sporting event of this size is nonsense.”
Liverpool fans had gathered outside the closed gates at the Stade de France, while they were waiting in huge queues before facing Real Madrid, for the club to accuse the French authorities of trying to cover up this frustrating scene by blaming the Reds fans.
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