Real Madrid asked for “answers” on Friday about the treatment of their supporters in the Champions League finals, and called for “determining who is responsible” for the chaotic scenes at the Stade de France.
In view of bad incident that took place on May 28 near the Stade de France, Real Madrid wants to know what criteria are considered for Paris to host the final, the club wrote in a press release published in defense of supporters.
We are also asking for answers and explanations to determine who is responsible for leaving supporters unattended and helpless.continues the press release, which ensures that the madridistas there was a general behavior at all times pattern.
The most important match of the season in Europe, won by Real 1-0 against Liverpool, was marred by several incidents on Saturday, with the use of force deemed disproportionate by French police.
Many Liverpool fans holding tickets will have to wait a few hours to get into the stadium. Police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the people, which included children.
Some Real Madrid supporters meanwhile suffered crime after the match, including theft and assault.
As the uplifting media images showed, many supporters were attacked, harassed, attacked […] Some of them even had to spend the night in the hospital because of their injuries.underlined the Spanish club in its press release.
” Our supporters deserve an answer, but also that associated responsibilities be released so that situations like the one experienced that night can be eliminated in football and sport forever. “
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who blamed British supporters initially, believing they were more responsible for the incidents, apologized on Wednesday for the disastrous organization of the final.
Mr. Darmanin, however, retains his controversial version according to which overflows are related to the fact that 35,000 amateurs of more than expected size will present themselves at the Stade de France. They were given, according to him, fake tickets or nothing.
Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has also sought an apology from French authorities, while UEFA, Europe’s football governing body, has ordered an independent report on the incidents.
UEFA apologizes and is investigating
UEFA on Friday, almost a week after the incidents, apologized to supporters who needed to endure stressful circumstances surrounding the Champions League finals at the Stade de France, or attend here.
No football fan should be put in this situation, and it should never happen againinsists the European body, which refers to the passage of the objectives of the investigation ordered Monday in the circumstances of the meeting.
Entrusted to former Portuguese Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, this report should identify the shortcomings and responsibilities of all entities involved in the organization of the final.
In detail, this needs to be examined all relevant operational plans related to security, mobility, ticketingas well as planning and preparation of the various actors involved, included in the websites different from the stadium as meeting points for supporters.
Mr. Rodrigues will contact representatives of the supporters, the two clubs, spectators in general, the French Football Federation (FFF), the police, national and local authorities and the stadium operatorlists UEFA.
This is temporary the only investigation to which supporters are associatedunderlined Ronan Evain, executive director of the Football Supporters Europe association.
If the communication from UEFA Saturday night was not perfectlaconically attributing the incidents to thousands of counterfeit bills, the main thing is that he is thereand put pressure on French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, the FFF and the Paris police headquarters, so that they recognize that supporters are victims of eventsadded Mr. Evain.
On Saturday night, not only was the start of the match delayed by 36 minutes due to the impossibility of bringing spectators with tickets on time, but scenes of chaos around the stadium also went around the world.
Some fans did not enter the enclosure until after the kick-off, while others did not enter the gate of the 79,000-seat stadium.
Source: Radio-Canada
