A kick-off delayed by more than thirty-five minutes, supporters blocked, crowd movements, injuries, a hundred arrests and tear gas… “Two years before the Olympic Games in Paris, the Élysée is caught in the net of chaos at the Stade de France”titre Time.
The foreign press unanimously criticizes the chaotic organization of the Champions League final on Saturday evening May 28. She also deplores the lack of honesty of the French authorities, who attributed to Liverpool fans “without ticket” responsibility for incidents.
Fake tickets
As soon as the match was over, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, denounced the charge of “thousands of ‘supporters’” who would have “forced entries” of the Stade de France by violently attacking the stewards. The French Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, went in the same direction, denouncing “Attempts to Intrude and Defraud Thousands of English Fans”. They would have blocked the entrance gates by trying to pass with counterfeit tickets.
UEFA, the governing body of European football and organizer of the competition, has also explained that