.A post with covering the events of Saturday night - from people in the media, journalists & fans in and around the ground - with videos, images and their accounts of what happened...
Needless to say, they don't tally with French Govt (and UEFA) claims made over the weekend - and re-iterated by the French Govt this morning...
www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=352599.msg18360478#msg18360478 (Page 9 of the CL Final Post-Match thread):-
.Fans not able to gain access to the Stade De France for the 2022 Champions League Final (and kick off delayed by 40 minutes due to UEFA's poor & inept organisation):-
'Liverpool fans are still making their way into the Stade de France after severe congestion and bottle-necks caused chaos on approach to the stadium (video via
@SamWallaceTel)' -
https://xcancel.com/TeleFootball/status/1530619244530085891'The PA announcer has just told a complete lie that the match is delayed due to late arrival of fans. This chaos has been building up since 7pm. Thousands of Liverpool fans have spent 90 mins negotiating inappropriate checkpoints. This is on UEFA and Stade de France' -
https://xcancel.com/draper_rob/status/1530623073183055877UEFA's massive lie and deception as to why the kick off for the 2022 Champions League Final had been delayed...
^ UEFA message on the big screen in the ground - and broadcast on TV around the world - with the incorrect and disproved claim of '
due to the late arrival of fans' the game has been delayed... shifting the blame onto fans - instead of admitting their own organisational failures and police actions before kick off that had caused the delay.
'They can absolutely fuck off with this [UEFA stating 'due to the late arrival of fans the game has been delayed' up on the big screens in the ground]. I've been between the train station and this ground since about 1815, held four times without explanation or seemingly reason and gates have been closed.':-
https://xcancel.com/Knox_Harrington/status/1530623575530606593'
A uefa official outside the ground trying to placate people has just told me the public address notice that claimed the game was delayed because fans were arriving late was only put out because they did not want to cause distress inside the ground.':-
https://xcancel.com/Simon_Hughes__/status/1530630708200361984Seems police vehicles are parked blocking some parts of the entrances to the ground, not enough stewards checking tickets, or turnstiles / gates open.https://xcancel.com/melissareddy_/status/1530615821784989699https://xcancel.com/kellycates/status/1530608610514026496https://xcancel.com/jimbeglin/status/1530620387532410881https://xcancel.com/oliverbrown_tel/status/1530616367904325632https://xcancel.com/OllieHolt22/status/1530610987723898880https://xcancel.com/jamesmatthewsky/status/1530610568465350658https://xcancel.com/TeleFootball/status/1530619244530085891https://xcancel.com/beINSPORTS_EN/status/1530619009447735305https://xcancel.com/MirrorFootball/status/1530618846410842112https://xcancel.com/MarkOgden_/status/1530620702193328129'BT sports just mentioned fans, children and families outside getting tear gassed by police - absolutely disgusting!':-
https://xcancel.com/JenWhiteh22/status/1530624983684333569'View at 20:32. Stewards say UEFA to blame. No stadium manager on site':-
https://xcancel.com/realdansimpson/status/1530624917229785088'It’s important to tell what happened on the ground last night as I see that there are already several versions of ‘The Truth’ flying around. I was on the ground from 6.45pm (2.15 hrs before kick off) when problems began. So here’s a 🧵explaining my experiences….':-
https://xcancel.com/draper_rob/status/1530830463270518785 (twitter thread on the night, with video)'
Damning footage':-
https://xcancel.com/james_dart/status/1530863435323523073 (with video)'These aren't Liverpool fans forcing entry...':-
https://xcancel.com/RonredLFC/status/1530868546384928768 (with video)'A completely unreasonable situation':-
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61619831'Ten minutes to kick off, loads of empty seats. Fucking chaos outside':-
https://xcancel.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1530622592503136257 (7.50pm)
'Closed gate for no reason. No explanation from stewards. Can’t get in at any other gates. European cup final, with tickets costing up to £550.':-
https://xcancel.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1530622382712422400'“Due to fans arriving late, kick off delayed..” Fuck off! Gates closed, stewards asking for money to get in, it’s fucking chaos outside you c*nts':-
https://xcancel.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1530625890614493187'Fucking joke. Gate closed, fans shut out.':-
https://xcancel.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1530622144752779264'Thousands of Liverpool fans struggle to make it into the Stade de France for the Champions League final.':-
https://xcancel.com/SkySportsNews/status/1530626381800931330'I took this video at 6:56pm. I can see why UEFA have changed from their originally story, repeatedly announced in the stadium, that fans turned up late. You can also see the bottleneck was caused by the organisers who decided to funnel 1000s of people into narrow checkpoints.':-
https://xcancel.com/Fordman_R/status/1530685722591735810 (with video)'[Florian Plettenburg] Update Paris: Massive chaos in front of the stadium. The brother of Joel Matip, Marvin, had to flee with his family while they tried to get access in the stadium. His wife is pregnant. Tear gas! They had to take refuge in a restaurant.':-
https://xcancel.com/Plettigoal/status/1530626395013095425'Marvin Matip told me: „The organisation around and in the stadium is unworthy of a CL final! Using tear gas in areas with children and uninvolved fans is dangerous!“':-
https://xcancel.com/Plettigoal/status/1530626838686580736'Nightmarish queues for Liverpool fans outside Stade de France about 15 mins before #UCLfinal kickoff.':-
https://xcancel.com/BryanAGraham/status/1530628511672713216'Kick-off has been further delayed by 15 minutes to 8.30pm.':-
https://xcancel.com/btsportfootball/status/1530628959217524738'Finding it impossible to get in the ground. This appears to be very dangerous. Absolute carnage.'
'I’m not sure it’s possible to have a more poorly organised event if you tried. Absolutely shambolic and dangerous'
'hey’ve just announced another 15 minute delay “because of the late arrival of fans”. Utter bullshit.' (at 8.15pm):-
https://xcancel.com/GaryLineker/status/1530621128821071878'
A uefa official outside the ground trying to placate people has just told me the public address notice that claimed the game was delayed because fans were arriving late was only put out because they did not want to cause distress inside the ground.':-
https://xcancel.com/Simon_Hughes__/status/1530630708200361984'
UEFA staff had to intervene to prevent security personnel going after media to stop filming as tear gas was being deployed':-
https://xcancel.com/RobHarris/status/1530641256585601028'
Fresh rounds of tear gas deployed by riot police from within side the stadium security perimeter to people outside even as the #UCLfinal is being played':-
https://xcancel.com/RobHarris/status/1530640683320725505'
UEFA statement on the issues surrounding UEFA Champions League final kick-off delay':-
In the lead-up to the game, the turnstiles at the Liverpool end became blocked by thousands fans who had purchased fake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles.www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/0275-15414eabcf51-37a2da35db3e-1000--uefa-statement-on-the-issues-surrounding-uefa-champions-league-final-kickoff-delay"This created a build-up of fans trying to get in. As a result, the kick off was delayed by 35 minutes to allow as many fans as possible with genuine tickets to gain access.
As numbers outside the stadium continued to build up after kick off, the police dispersed them with tear gas and forced them away from the stadium.
UEFA is sympathetic to those affected by these events and will further review these matters urgently together with the French police and authorities, and with the French Football Federation."
^
which is utter bullshit going on fan and journalist accounts at the ground at the time - and journalists saying they were firing tear gas at fans outside during the match It is also contradictory to Si Hughes earlier tweet:- 'A uefa official outside the ground trying to placate people has just told me the public address notice that claimed the game was delayed because fans were arriving late was only put out because they did not want to cause distress inside the ground.':-
https://xcancel.com/Simon_Hughes__/status/1530630708200361984'No idea what the French riot police were expecting at the final whistle but all calm.':-
https://xcancel.com/JamesPearceLFC/status/1530664325836423172?'UEFA's shameless attempts to control Liverpool narrative show they'll never learn after Champions League disgrace':-
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/uefas-shameless-attempts-control-liverpool-24090261'Liverpool FC statement on UCL final entry issues':-
www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-fc-statement-ucl-final-entry-issues'From my WhatsApp group with fans who have disposable cameras… “Been gassed in the fanzone as well, for no reason 10 seconds after the end of the game...”':-
https://xcancel.com/EmmaCase/status/1530671534343221253[Merseyside Police] 'MERPOL was deployed to this evenings match. Can only describe it as the worst European match I've ever worked or experienced. I thought the behaviour of the fans at the turnstiles was exemplary in shocking circumstances. You were not late 100%':-
https://xcancel.com/MerPolLFC/status/1530687903352901637Post-Match...'The #ChampionsLeague final between #RealMadrid and #Liverpool in #Paris ended in violence. A chaotic organization prevented fans with tickets to enter the stadium. The French police used excessive force against fans. #France’s actions have been condemned by the international media':-
https://xcancel.com/newsflash_TF/status/1530691867867766784'The crime here. Wearing a football shirt. Police sending anyone coming out the Metro with a football shirt on back down or made to cover up.':-
https://xcancel.com/thisisanfield/status/1530683388998389761'Liverpool fans have tickets and didn't get in. Pepper spraying fans outside stadium in Paris':-
https://xcancel.com/Ahmkh44/status/1530683429058142210 (with video)'Latest from #Paris French police closed the gates coming out of the stadium. This led to fans having no choice but going straight to Saint-Denis where locals were waiting to attack them with bottles & other objects.':-
https://xcancel.com/RonOCois/status/1530682009777065997'Violent police charge in a bar near the Liverpool fan zone in Nation, the situation escalates. People on the terrace are beaten with truncheons. #Liverpool #LIVRMA #LiverpoolVsRealMadrid':-
https://xcancel.com/RemyBuisine/status/1530645815311667201 (with video)'Pepper sprayed':-
https://xcancel.com/RobGutmann/status/1530676700035489792 (with video)'Massive use of tear gas on the Place de la Nation by the police. Many English supporters are still there.:-
https://xcancel.com/RemyBuisine/status/1530670321887768577 (with video)'Liverpool fans attacked by riot police watching Champions League final in Paris fan zone':-
https://dmartpreneur.com/liverpool-fans-attacked-by-riot-police-watching-champions-league-final-in-paris-fan-zone'Absolutely #Disgusting scenes in #Paris this evening with #Frenchpolice tear gassing @LFC fans.':-
https://xcancel.com/KOPITERED1969/status/1530684741585862656 (with video)
'The two fan zones were calmly evacuated and closed by the police. 👉No incident to report in these places'
(French Police twitter account):-
https://xcancel.com/prefpolice/status/1530702167123935232[prefpolice] '
Official statement from the police : "Incidents on the sidelines of the Champions League final"':-
https://xcancel.com/prefpolice/status/1530677679611060226Translation:-'
Incidents on the sidelines of the Champions League final
Paris, 28 May 2022
Prior to the match between Liverpool and Real Madrid, a number of fans without tickets for the match or with false tickets disrupted access to the Stade de France at the outer security perimeter. These fans exerted strong pressure to enter the stadium and delayed the access of ticketed spectators.
Taking advantage of this action, a number of people managed to get through the gates protecting the stadium.
The rapid intervention of the police enabled a return to calm and the evacuation of the troublemakers from the forecourt of the Stade de France.
The dispersal of the spectators is proceeding without difficulty.
No major incidents were reported in the two fan zones'
^ again, utter bullshit given the evidence at hand of people and journalists at the game - and at the fan park. And also the mass presence of riot police at full-time inside the ground.
'
CL final disgrace' - statement from the Spirit Of Shankly:-
https://spiritofshankly.com/cl-final-disgrace or
https://xcancel.com/spiritofshankly/status/1530873666845741058The media...'Liverpool v Real Madrid: Riot police clash with football fans in Madrid'
(in direct contrast to French Police claims there 'no incidents'):-
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-61622874'UEFA's shameless attempts to control Liverpool narrative show they'll never learn after Champions League disgrace':-
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/uefas-shameless-attempts-control-liverpool-24090261'Champions League final: Liverpool's Andy Robertson calls organisation 'shambles'':-
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61621930'Liverpool v Real Madrid: Champions League final kick off delayed by 'security reasons'':-
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61619831'Liverpool ‘hugely disappointed’ by treatment of fans outside Paris final':-
www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/28/champions-league-final-kick-off-delay-liverpool-real-madrid-paris'
[SkySports Video] Sky Sports News chief reporter explains issues outside the Stade de France' - a 4 minute video:-
https://v.redd.it/mjkgucdwjb291 or
https://xcancel.com/SkySportsNews/status/1530661454889746434'The real story of the UEFA Champions League final carnage Liverpool fans faced in Paris':-
https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/29/uefa-champions-league-final-the-real-story-of-the-carnage-liverpool-fans-faced-in-paris-16730799'
It’s important to tell what happened on the ground last night as I see that there are already several versions of ‘The Truth’ flying around. I was on the ground from 6.45pm (2.15 hrs before kick off) when problems began. So here’s a 🧵explaining my experiences….':-
https://xcancel.com/draper_rob/status/1530830463270518785 (a comprehensive twitter thread - from Chief Football Writer, The Mail on Sunday)'I was tear-gassed by disgraceful French riot police'
(Telegraph's Chief Football writer):-
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/05/28/pepper-sprayed-disgraceful-french-riot-police-champions-league'Champions League final chaos after Liverpool fans tear-gassed by Paris police':-
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/05/28/champions-league-final-kick-off-delayed-severe-fan-congestion'Police say 68 fans were arrested and 174 people 'hurt' after families were PEPPER-SPRAYED amid Champions League Final chaos: Fury as UEFA blames 'ticketless' supporters for carnage - as video shows Liverpool fans being attacked by riot cops':-
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10865129/Police-say-68-fans-arrested-174-people-hurt-amid-Champions-League-Final-chaos.html (apologies for linking to the Mail)'‘Liverpool fans were coughing and retching from the gas’: How Stade de France chaos unfolded':-
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/stade-de-france-liverpool-fans-tear-gas-b2089754.html'On my way out of Paris, so here’s a chronological thread on my experience covering the #UCLfinal for @dw_sports.':-
https://xcancel.com/thisismpearson/status/1530826825169047552 (a comprehensive twitter thread; with videos of what occurred)'Worst ever experience at a UEFA final. Arrived 2 hours before kick off, turnstiles wouldn’t let fans with tickets in - massive crush. My daughter was pinned against a turnstile in tears. Stewards ignored it - it was fans that lifted her up to safety. Then tear gassed leaving.'
https://xcancel.com/paulrogers73/status/1530704808579108871 (former LFC)'Last night was disgusting. My son attacked, my wife mugged. @UEFAcom very accountable as well as ground stewards and French police. Hope everyone is getting out of this shitshow safely.':-
https://xcancel.com/mcateer4/status/1530841031847051264'Thiago Alcantara’s wife Julia Vigas details ‘many scary moments’ during Champions League final in Paris':-
https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/29/thiago-alcantaras-wife-details-her-terrifying-champions-league-final-experience-16733298/'If this happened at the theatre it would be a very different debate. The way football fans are routinely treated for the money they outlay is a outrage. Another form of government that will try to worm their way out of taking responsibility. Disgraceful.':-
https://xcancel.com/Petermcdowall10/status/1530845267200774144'Worst thing about whole shameful experience, is that despite so much clear video evidence - including from journalists threatened by police - UEFA, police and French govt still felt emboldened to mount an immediate cover-up, blaming the fans whose lives were put at risk.':-
https://xcancel.com/MaddockMirror/status/1530836149576646659'I got bundled into a hut by a security guard, told to remove accreditation, and then forced to delete video footage of the crowd issues otherwise I wouldn't be allowed back in':-
https://xcancel.com/sdouglas80/status/1530641981432545282'Post-match last night was the scariest I’ve ever experienced. Organised gangs set about mugging departing fans. We ran a gauntlet of thuggery on our way to the Metro. Not a police officer in sight. Witnessed so many ambush attacks on unsuspecting attendees. Reprehensible @UEFA':-
https://xcancel.com/jimbeglin/status/1530808645373526019'Don't let @UEFA blame fans for the horrible organisation of the event. There was literally one way in and out of the stadium for 75k fans. There were a bunch of stairs like this, when I asked a cop why they are locked he said "the guy who was supposed to open them didnt turn up"':-
https://xcancel.com/G2Mayne/status/1530828085473513473'Must-see video evidence here: frightening number of Liverpool supporters waiting patiently but turnstile gates closed with no explanation. Then French police and government said fans with ‘forged tickets’ caused this, and Uefa actually parroted & announced that on the night.':-
https://xcancel.com/david_conn/status/1531207421678473217 (with video)
'I came across this issue repeatedly as I tried to access the stadium last night. Locals trying to force their way in leading to security closing the gates and keeping out legitimate fans with tickets. Police either didn't know how to deal with it or didn't want to #LFC #UCLfinal':-
https://xcancel.com/NickParrottTV/status/1530794974241075200 (BBC) (with video)
'Relieved to be out of that. Police checks just beyond narrow underpasses made tighter by presence of vans unnecessarily. Crowd very patient but was becoming tense. I was there two hours and twenty minutes before kick off, like a huge number of people. Only getting in now.':-
https://xcancel.com/Simon_Hughes__/status/1530612713566502913 (with images)'I’ve just endured one of the worst experiences in my life. Horrendous security and organisation putting lives at risk @UEFAcom. Shambolic and I pray no fans have been injured because of the disgraceful lack of organisation & expertise.':-
https://xcancel.com/IanByrneMP/status/1530647016430350339 (Ian Byrne, MP)'What caused last night's chaos? Sky Sports News' chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol describes what he saw before the Champions League final.':-
https://xcancel.com/SkySportsNews/status/1530858726604910592 (a 5 minute video - highlighting UEFA's lies) 'French fans being allowed in without tickets while our fans with tickets got gassed. Scandalous.':-
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChantLFC/status/1530888252240150530 (with video)'Heartbreak and disgust: Liverpool come up short, but UEFA should be ashamed by Champions League final chaos':-
www.goal.com/en-gb/news/heartbreak-disgust-liverpool-uefa-ashamed-champions-league-final-/blt9c37a91485eb9c42'What has happened from the view of people attending the match is now pretty well established. Now all the spotlight should be turned on UEFA, the French Police and the French Government. They are the story. Their behaviour and lies is the story.':-
https://xcancel.com/Knox_Harrington/status/1530857629077196800'Liverpool’s Andy Robertson challenges official accounts of Paris final chaos':-
www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/29/liverpool-andy-robertson-challenges-official-accounts-of-paris-final-chaos-champions-league'Andy Robertson accuses UCL final organisers of making it up as they went along':-
www.bt.com/sport/news/2022/may/andy-robertson-accuses-ucl-final-organisers-of-making-it-up-as-they-went-along'French minister mocked after blaming ‘ticketless British supporters’ for Stade de France chaos':-
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/gerald-darmanin-paris-liverpool-fans-b2089797.html'French ministry accused of ‘prejudice against Liverpool fans’ following Champions League final police tactics':-
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-fans-police-champions-league-final-b2089992.html'Liverpool fans liken ‘terrifying’ treatment in Paris to Hillsborough':-
Witnesses say they feared for their lives as French police fired teargas into the crowds ahead of Champions League finalwww.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/29/liverpool-fans-liken-terrifying-treatment-in-paris-to-hillsborough'
French police accused of brutality at chaotic Champions League final - BBC News' - a 4 minute video from the BBC
(29th May):-
https://www.youtube.com/v/QD0UB0xCcB8'Update from Billy Hogan on issues at UCL final'
(Hogan is the CEO of LFC):-
www.liverpoolfc.com/news/update-billy-hogan-issues-ucl-final'And on television he [Jake Humphrey on BT Sport] parrotted the UEFA line without scrutiny. Any sign of any reflection around that from the host of the High Performance Podcast?':-
https://xcancel.com/Knox_Harrington/status/1531017277788782594'UEFA and the French police lied twice on Saturday night. Liverpool and their fans aren’t accepting it. Supporters were treated like animals in replica shirts at the Stade de France. A total failure of authority.':-
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/uefa-liverpool-breaking-24095201 &
https://xcancel.com/ptgorst/status/1531189123255517184'Robbed, attacked and threatened by armed police: The Liverpool fans engulfed in a Champions League final 'nightmare'':-
www.goal.com/en-gb/news/robbed-attacked-armed-police-liverpool-fans-champions-league/blt70097926d35c604d'After their departure, the #REDS #Liverpool supporters clean up. After their departure, #REDS #Liverpool fans are "cleaning house." #ChampionsLeagueFinal Paris - May 28, 2022':-
https://xcancel.com/hz_press/status/1531266601638678528 (with video)Real Madid fans / end...'And after the final in Paris, hell came: "They were armies of robbers hunting the fans"':-
Real Madrid fans stating ticketless locals thieves were in their end, robbing people, and after the game more pickpockets, threats, muggings, robbing and extortion etcwww.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/5007262/0/cronica-atracos-pesadilla-aficionados-real-madrid-liverpool-final-champions-leagueA Spanish Real Madrid fan's comprehensive twitter thread account of what happened to him and other Real fans
(with video):-
https://xcancel.com/honor1982/status/1530865943966101504 (right click on the text and then select 'translate to English')'26 minutes before the original scheduled KO time. It’s taken outside a Madrid gate and there’s clearly thousands of people there, loads of them wearing Madrid tops, yet you have people saying there were only problems at our end, and we caused them.':-
https://xcancel.com/matty95davies/status/1531370290290343938 (with video)'TV show @elchiringuitotv gained infamy for OTT reporting but this is top coverage of the chaos outside the Stade de France ahead of kick-off. Damning footage for authorities. This is proper journalism. Unlike reading scripted notes and statements as fact.':-
https://xcancel.com/Millar_Colin/status/1531334979657302016 (with 5 minute video)'Main European supporters federation criticises French government for using "cheap, old prejudices" against Liverpool fans to deflect from failings around the CL final'
&
'Also hard to say how they quantified the fake tickets, since the authorities around the stadium literally stopped checking for them. At Madrid in 2019, there were four ticket checks, including the turnstiles'
&
'-
hundreds of Madrid fans also missed kick-off- issues of fake tickets and touts were actually lesser than recent pre-pandemic finals, but the difference was the total failure to handle this':-
https://xcancel.com/MiguelDelaney/status/1531015077826019328On Monday 30th May...From the French Govt...'Champions League final: Fake tickets triggered Paris final chaos - France':-
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61630201'Liverpool fans caused initial problems in Paris, says French sports minister':-
www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/30/liverpool-fans-caused-initial-problems-in-paris-says-french-sports-minister'French interior minister says 70% of tickets coming into Stade de France were fake. That would mean 175,000 fake tickets on top of 75,000 attendance. Given that, while held at a checkpoint for an hour, I saw zero evidence of any fake tickets, this sounds like TOTAL bullshit':-
https://xcancel.com/OliverKay/status/1531249805837705216 &
https://xcancel.com/TheAthleticUK/status/1531250206704029698'Everything that happened on Saturday can be explained by the first checkpoint. Hideously located. Appallingly regulated. Gave up on a bad idea. Ticket checks impossible. Authorities now stumbling like drunks in the dark trying to get their stories straight':-
https://theathletic.com/3330768/2022/05/30/liverpool-champions-league-gas &
https://xcancel.com/Simon_Hughes__/status/1531238778525949953'French sports minister argues up to 40,000 fans turned up to UCL Final with no ticket or a fake one. Merseyside police (also on the ground in Paris) heavily dispute this. The number quoted is not specific to Liverpool fans, but all supporters. And here's why it's exaggerated...':-
https://xcancel.com/JacobsBen/status/1531236221640495104 (a comprehensive twitter thread, debunking French Police and French Govt claims)'One big challenge today after the disgraceful policing in Paris is whether Uefa will have the backbone to apologise for its toxic instant blaming of Liverpool supporters.':-
https://xcancel.com/david_conn/status/1531193864974901250'UEFA and French police should be apologising, not lying about Liverpool fans':-
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/news-opinion/uefa-french-police-should-apologising-24099708'Posting some clips from the BBC this morning for those interested. - "Fans arrived early and they were treated like animals. This was an immense failure of safety management and crowd control. The French state completely failed in its duty of care to anyone who enters [th]is country."':-
https://xcancel.com/_Dan_Austin/status/1531285375888523265'"First of all they tried to blame Liverpool supporters, and now they're trying to blame fake tickets." Kaveh Solhekol [SSN Chief Reporter and was at the ground on the day] questions the French Minister's response to the chaos at the Champions League final.':-
https://xcancel.com/SkyFootball/status/1531252905805852672 (a 9 minute video)'Champions League final chaos
live updates as pressure mounts on UEFA and French government':-
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/champions-league-final-chaos-live-24097051