After the unrest on Saturday, the French sports ministry brought together Champions League final organizers, police and local authorities on Monday to “learn lessons” from a failure that came two years before the Paris Olympics.
Two days after the chaotic scenes around the Stade de France, the new Minister of Sport, Amélie Oudéa-Castera, must manage her first crisis.
The chaos caused by the dispute, attempted intrusion of individuals without tickets, the novices were surprised by the intervention of the police or victims of theft.
Together with the Minister of the Interior, we regret the incidents that ruined the night of the Champions League on Saturday night at the Stade de France and we regret that some fans with tickets were not able to attend the match.he explained in a press release published on Sunday.
Accompanied by the Minister of Sports and the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, were present the organizers of the final, UEFA and the French Football Federation, as well as representatives of the Stade de France, the Prefecture of the Paris police, the Prefecture of Seine -Saint-Denis and the town hall of Saint-Denis, the town where the stadium was built.
” The priority is to accurately identify dysfunctions in order to learn all the lessons “
We must prevent such incidents from happening again for our future major international sporting events.said the Ministry of Sports and the Olympic Games.
However, there were nearly 7,000 police, gendarmes and firefighters mobilized, not to mention private security guards.
The pre-screening system 200 meters from the stadium was quickly overwhelmed by the influx of Liverpool fans and created bottlenecks. In addition, gangs of youths were able to forcibly enter the compound.
Accusations on both sides of the Channel
Liverpool City Mayor Joanne Anderson herself disgusted with harmful management and brutal treatment.
On Monday morning, Sport Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra was not kind to the Liverpool club, accusing her of having left his supporters in the wild unlike Real Madrid who accompanied his men from start to finish.
Liverpool police, who were present in the vicinity of the Stade de France, condemned that the majority English supporters act in an exemplary manner.
However, on Saturday night, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, instructed the thousands of British supporters without tickets or with fake tickets forced to enter.
In a report submitted to the French Interior Minister on Sunday, the Paris police chief estimated the number of spectators who showed up. probably between 30,000 and 40,000 people in excess of the 80,000 eligible for the stadium.
He also decided to take legal action for a large -scale and organized counterfeit banknote fraud.
Regardless of the outcome of the meeting with the Ministry of Sports, the Stade de France fiasco must have consequences. The idea behind it is tooptimize everything needs to be optimized in preparation for the Rugby World Cup in one year and the Olympic and Paralympic Games in two years.
Source: Radio-Canada
