The statement presented in the Champions League final, which blamed the delay of the fans for the 15-minute delay of the kick-off, was prepared in advance by UEFA. According to The Guardian, the body that regulates European football decided in the months of preparation for the final that a “delay of the fans” would be the justification given in the scenario of a postponement of the start of the match. Something that just happened.
Let us remember that the match between Real Madrid and Liverpool, in Paris, started half an hour later than initially stipulated due to the chaos created outside the Stade de France. Around 15,000 English fans were trapped in gigantic queues, despite arriving three hours before kick-off. in an agglomeration that has since been associated with problems with electronic tickets going through the turnstiles. Serious security problems arose in between, with reports of robberies, assaults and violence.
The incidents in the Champions League final were caused by a “chain of dysfunctional errors”, the French Senate concluded.
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Source: Observadora
