The president of the organizing committee for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Tony Estanguet, explained that lessons need to be learned from the failure of the Champions League finals. He made sure everything would be ready in two years.
When something like that happens on Saturday, it’s inevitable to call and we need to learn all the lessons. We will be very attentive to everything reviewedTony Estanguet’s reaction, the AFP agency asked.
You also need to be cool, we have a device suitable for Gameshe assured. Safety has been at the heart of our priorities for yearshe explained, citing the security protocol at the beginning of 2021 and the numerous meetings held on the subject with the State in particular.
We are working so that by 2024, the best reception and security conditions will be put together, we will be readyhe pointed out.
We must recognize that there is expertise in this country and actors with such expertise must be associated with this system.he insisted, and this expertise should not be not challenging in incidents on Saturday when France regularly organizes large events.
Asked whether the failure is likely to re -examine in particular the unprecedented opening ceremony on the Seine, which raises fears from its security point of view, Tony Estanguet said: No, we set a level of ambition regarding our abilities.
Regarding the massive fraud surrounding tickets for the Champions League finals, the ticket office for the Olympics (13.4 million tickets) is 100% fully digital, with a single global purchasing platform.
He also said on behalf of OCOG moved, saddened in what happened Saturday night at the Stade de France in the town of Saint-Denis.
It destroys everything we love about sports. It’s really sadhe said.
Liverpool apologized
Three days after the organization’s failures in the Champions League finals, anger remains in Liverpool. The club president on Tuesday apologized from French authorities for pointing a finger at Reds supporters.
Tom Werner was furious. He wrote this in a letter addressed to French Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castera, whose local daily Liverpool Echo got a copy.
In question, statements at a press meeting on Monday by Madame Oudéa-Castera and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin reiterated what they have been saying since Saturday night: British amateurs are more responsible for the chaos in Saint -Denis, at the gates of Paris, with a large -scale, industrial and organized banknote fraud.
According to Gerald Darmanin, 30,000 to 40,000 English supporters went to the Stade de France, either without tickets or with fake tickets.
The French Sports Minister even said that Liverpool has left its supporters in the wildunlike Real Madrid who went with them.
Tom Werner shared his total disbelief in fact Amélie Oudéa-Castera can do it a series of unproven statements on a subject of such importanceeven before conducting a thorough investigation.
Your comments are irresponsible, unprofessional and completely disrespectful to thousands of physically and emotionally hurt fans.he added, saying he received a lot of emails from novices really afraid and denouncing an approach to blaming others.
On behalf of all the fans who have lived through this nightmare, I apologize from you, says Tom Werner, and assure you that the French and UEFA authorities will allow an independent and transparent investigation to take place.
UEFA confirmed on Monday that it would order a independent report.
Source: Radio-Canada
