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UEFA itself bears "primary responsibility" for failures which "almost led to disaster" at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris between Liverpool and Real Madrid, a report commissioned by the European football body said Monday.
UEFA are «primarily responsible» for the «near disaster» that saw thousands of Liverpool fans suffer a nightmare ordeal ahead of the 2022 Champions League final in Paris, according to a review commissioned by European football’s governing body. The damning report uncovered a catalogue of errors from UEFA and the French authorities, including the police for «indiscriminately» firing tear gas and pepper spray that led to crushes outside the Stade de France before the showpiece match with Real Madrid.
The report also claimed the policing model was influenced by a view of Liverpool based on the deadly 1989 Hillsborough disaster on incorrect assumptions that the city's supporters were a threat to public order.
Neymar has confirmed that he was involved in an argument with PSG sporting director Luis Campos on Saturday but questioned how the information came to light in the media.
A review into the chaos before the 2022 Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid has said organisers Uefa were responsible for the events which unfolded including a "large number of near misses that nearly led to disaster".
LIVERPOOL, England: UEFA has apologised to Liverpool for initially blaming the Merseyside club's fans for the chaos that unfolded before last year's Champions League final against Real Madrid in Paris, following the release of an independent review on Monday.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Jude Bellingham, Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe have all been named in FIFA's FIFPro Men's Team of the Year shortlist. Ronaldo's name is perhaps the most notable inclusion given his difficult 2022, which saw him dropped and then exiled from the Manchester United team, before leaving Erik ten Hag's Red Devils before the World Cup, eventually joining Saudi outfit Al Nassr.
UEFA bears "primary responsibility for failures" which almost led to May's chaotic Champions League final becoming a "mass fatality catastrophe", according to an independent report into the scenes which has been leaked ahead of publication. Serious congestion problems outside the Stade de France in Paris saw thousands of Liverpool fans penned in against perimeter fences and stuck in a motorway underpass ahead of the game against Real Madrid. Those same supporters, who had already been targeted by local youths trying to steal tickets, were then tear-gassed by police trying to alleviate further problems after a decision was made to close turnstile gates but that only compounded the issue. UEFA commissioned a team led by Portuguese Dr Tiago Brandao Rodrigues to look into events and, after publication was delayed from the end of November, the report is understood to be set to be published on Tuesday. However, reported claims from a leaked version make damning reading for European football's governing body and the French authorities - while completely exonerating the behaviour of Liverpool fans for whom UEFA's blame for arriving late and delaying kick-off was "manifestly inaccurate" and French officials claimed had thousands of forged tickets. "The panel has concluded that UEFA, as event owner, bears primary responsibility for failures which almost led to disaster," claim reports. "The dangerous conditions on the concourse outside the turnstiles were compounded by the police deploying teargas at disorderly groups of locals, as well as using pepper spray on supporters trying to gain entrance with valid tickets.