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PARIS (Reuters) - French transport trade unions on Tuesday hailed the success of their strike during the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, which the French government said contributed to the public disorder that marred the showpiece event.
PARIS : French transport trade unions on Tuesday hailed the success of their strike during the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, which the French government said contributed to the public disorder that marred the showpiece event.
Liverpool fans feared a repeat of the Hillsborough disaster during terrifying scenes that saw them funnelled into overcrowded corridors and met with tear gas by French police when trying to enter the Champions League final in Paris.
TUESDAY’S BIG STORIES French ministers vs Liverpool Ad/> Something doesn’t quite add up, and a remarkable row shows few signs of being resolved anytime soon as the Champions League final fallout continues. TransfersMan Utd in talks with Ajax over Timber — Paper Round11 HOURS AGO UEFA have at least commissioned an independent report, but that only came at the end of a day featuring what must simply be called rather extraordinary “claims”.
Liverpool Chairman Tom Werner has demanded an apology from the French sports minister after she said fans with fake tickets and the club's handling of their supporters were responsible for the trouble that marred Saturday's Champions League final.
Liverpool's chief executive has accused French authorities of trying to “deflect responsibility” for the chaotic scenes that marred the start of Saturday’s Champions League final in Paris.
We saw zero evidence that "up to 40,000 Liverpool fans turned up without tickets or with fake tickets" and zero evidence that "70% of Liverpool fans arrived with fake tickets". Simply not true. pic.twitter.com/qeRWxPYn8z
PARIS: French authorities defended police on Monday for indiscriminately firing tear gas and pepper spray at Liverpool supporters at the Champions League final, while blaming industrial levels of fraud that saw 30,000 to 40,000 people try to enter the Stade de France with fake tickets or none at all. UEFA ordered an independent report that it said would “examine decision making, responsibility and behaviors of all entities involved in the final” and be made public. After a meeting into Saturday’s chaos, the French ministers of the sport and the interior shifted responsibility onto the Liverpool fans while not providing details on how they were sure so many fake tickets were in circulation.