Liverpool on Tuesday called on UEFA to take concrete measures to avoid further security failures around stadiums, the day after the publication of a report on the management of the last Champions League final in Paris.
“We call on UEFA and those at the top of the football regulatory pyramid to come together and act positively and transparently to avoid any further ‘near misses’,” the Premier League club said in a statement. , defeated on May 28 by Real Madrid (1-0).
“As a club with a glorious European past, we call on UEFA to do the right thing and implement the report’s 21 recommendations to ensure the safety of all fans attending a match organized by UEFA”, add the Reds, whose fans were victims of the dramas of Heysel in 1985 and Hillsborough in 1989.
Many Liverpool supporters were unable to attend the match despite having valid tickets in their possession. PANORAMIC
UEFA and the FFF are responsible
“False stories were peddled in the wake of that night in Paris, comments which have since been completely refuted”, continues Liverpool, alluding in particular to the statements of the French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin. The latter had blamed the incidents on so-called hordes of hooligans and other supporters accused of having presented forged tickets. “What happened in Paris has rekindled the suffering of families, friends and survivors of Hillsborough,” the statement concluded.
The security fiasco of the Real-Liverpool match gave birth to a vitriolic report on Monday, after an independent investigation, which notably pointed the finger at the “primary responsibility” of UEFA, or that of the French Football Federation. (FFF), as well as the “misconceptions” of the French police.
Endless waiting, supporters and families sprayed with tear gas or victims of robbery… The law enforcement system during this Champions League final had given rise to scenes of chaos in Saint-Denis, provoking a lively controversy in France and England.