Lthe last one final of the Champions League in Paris between Real Madrid and Liverpool is engraved in the memory of many followers by the serious incidents that preceded the meeting in the outskirts of Stade de Francewhere the followers were exposed to great physical danger. Many are still traumatized by what they suffered that day.
“Since that final, which I think about every day, I feel the need to stay at home as long as possible. In July, a big party was planned for my 50th birthday, but I canceled everything, I didn’t want to see anyone… So my doctor prescribed me antidepressants “says Tony O’Neill, a Liverpool fan, in L’Equipe newspaper. He was one of those who was there.
Ever since that final, which I think about every day, I feel the need to stay at home as long as possible.
Images of the robberies at the exit of the Stade de France… shameful!
But he is not the only one. Joe Blott, aged 62 and president of ‘Spirit of Shankly’, one of Liverpool’s peas, he can’t forget it either. “I think we all still suffered the repercussions of the final”dice.
My wife cried when she saw these images… and so did I.
“It is difficult to tell what we saw that day. My wife, who was not present, really realized what happened when we watched together, in October, the investigation dedicated to the BBC’s ‘Panorama’ programme. She cried when she saw these images… and so did I”continues in the French newspaper.
Independent UEFA report
On the other hand, the highest body of European football commissioned an independent report at a cost of one million euros and, as MARCA was able to learn, concluded that UEFA and the French authorities made major errors and that both, together with the French Football Federation and various ministers, “They acted irresponsibly by denying their responsibility.”