On May 28, 2022 in Saint-Denis, where the Liverpool-Real Madrid match is to be held, a police officer uses a tear gas canister in the direction of a British supporter through the gates of the Stade de France. MATTHIAS HANGST/Getty Images via AFP
NARRATIVE – The truth has finally come out about the scandalous organization of the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the end of May. The two teams meet in the round of 16 first leg on Tuesday.
When he is not seated on the benches of the House of Commons of the Palace of Westminster, in London, Ian Byrne is inevitably in the spans of the stadium of Anfield, in Liverpool. And vice versa. Vermeil tie in one case, scarlet jersey in the other, always in red. An English red. Before being the MP for the constituency of Liverpool West Derby with the Labor Party label, this native of the city is a supporter of the Reds, a real one. “I’ve been going to Anfield since I was five. It’s a big part of my life .” Asked if he will attend the Liverpool-Real Madrid meeting in the Champions League round of 16 this Tuesday, he replied: “Of course, if I’m not in the middle of a debate in Parliament.“But he prefers to warn:”This match will bring back a lot of memories, and not good ones…»
With his cropped salt-and-pepper hair, his three-day beard, and in that particular Liverpuldian accent, the scouse, Ian Byrne…
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