THE CHEKING PROCESS – These supporters would have “forced the entries”, according to the Minister of the Interior. But were they really British? The special envoys of Figaro answer.
THE QUESTION. Eighteen months from the 2024 Olympics scheduled for Paris and a little over a year from the Rugby World Cup, France has tarnished its image after a failed organization in broad outline on Saturday evening during the Ligue des Ligue final. champions won by Real Madrid ahead of Liverpool. “stuffing stage“, even headlined the British press after the numerous incidents which occurred for the most part before the meeting, postponing the kick-off of the match by more than thirty minutes. At the end of the match, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin pointed out on Twitter “thousands of British supporters without tickets or with fake tickets who forced entry“. The British Merseyside-Liverpool police, present on the spot, sounded another story, evoking “shocking circumstancesand defending the behaviorcopyfrom Reds supporters during the game. Is the French Minister right to designate Liverpool supporters as culprits…
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