The last match (in which Real beat Liverpool 1-0) did not move suddenly or a few days ago from St. Louis. Petersburg to Paris, but it happened about three months before the last match, and therefore it was time for the French The authorities were preparing for the match with strict and real steps around the Stade de France in the suburb of Saint- Denis in the capital, but what happened showed great weakness in the organization.
Fans of English clubs Liverpool and Real Madrid began arriving in Paris about a week before the deadline and, like all the merits of football, especially at the continental level, security and protection authorities had to work of the necessary steps, but it is in chaos. And things are more of a security breach, with thousands of fake cards circulating, bought by fans at double the price. A stampede in front of the stadium gates, clashes with police and a large number of fans entering without cards, while thousands of fans who bought the correct cards went out of the stadium, which drove of excitement and delayed the match by up to 36 minutes from the time of its start.
The French Interior Ministry said yesterday afternoon that 105 people had been arrested and 39 had been placed in pre-trial detention due to the unrest that accompanied the fighting. French authorities have tried to avoid accountability and blame English fans not for poor security measures or organizational failures, with French Interior Secretary Gérald Darmannand tweeting: “Thousands -Thousands of British fans without tickets or with fake tickets tried to storm the stadium. ” in government, said on Sunday that the problem was due to “thousands of fake tickets” that caused queues at the stadium gates.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon considered the incident an insult to France.
At a time when the European Football Association needs to take drastic action immediately, it has only expressed its “sympathy” for those affected by the events, saying it will seize these things as a matter of urgency. to the French police and authorities, as well as to the French football agency. Federation ”.
But the reaction to attempts by French officials to evade responsibility quickly came from France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen and left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Le Pen called it a “sense of shame” and Mélenchon called it “a complete failure of the police strategy” because France was “incapable” of organizing major events. “There’s a sense of shame because the whole world is watching us, and all the capitals that have seen it have noticed that France can no longer organize big events without holes,” Le Pen said in a statement last night. “This is confirmation that our country is crumbling under our feet,” he added. This is fact. We no longer know how to organize a big event, despite the fact that the Olympics are scheduled for 18 months, which is very worrying, ”denounced the“ incompetence ”of Interior Minister Gerald Darmannand and Paris police chief Didier Lallemant.
For his part, Mélenchon said in a press release: “The photograph is a failure. This is worrying because we can clearly see that we are not ready for events like the Olympics. ” “This is a complete failure of the police strategy,” he said. Basic thinking is needed to put the French police back in a position that will be effective for them ”because“ the duty of the police is to prevent mistakes, but this time, on the contrary, they have made things worse. ”
In the same context, many Britons denounced the accusation by the French authorities of the riots against English fans as disorganized.
Undoubtedly, the French authorities will be under intense pressure in the coming weeks due to this security breach, as the country’s 2024 Olympic Games approach, with hundreds of millions of people participating.
European countries are once again paying the price for their arbitrary decisions, especially since Russia organized the 2018 World Cup in an almost perfect organizational environment.
Source: Al-Akhbar
