The Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool in Paris started more than half an hour late. Riots broke out in front of the Stade de France stadium, where a crowd of fans who did not get to the venue on time. Officers used tear gas. Clashes with the police also took place after the meeting. In the wake of the pre-match chaos, Liverpool officials have asked for an investigation.
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Final match Champions League between Real Madrid and Liverpool 9 pm at the Stade de France in the suburbs of Paris, it was soon announced that the meeting would be postponed for security reasons. The organizers later said it was due to Liverpool supporters who missed the site on time. Before 9 pm there were long lines of fans in front of the stadium.
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With time, chaos reigned in front of the stadium. Fans tried to push through the gates of the Stade de France. The recordings from the scene show people jumping over the fence. Some of them made vulgar gestures towards the officers.
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The fans were pushing the fence of the stadium where the Champions League final was playedReuters
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In response to the riots outside the stadium, French police responded with tear gas. There were scuffles between the officers and fans. Some people have been detained. – We intervened, we pushed the attacking fans who were trying to break through to the stadium – the police explained later.
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Clashes with the police also took place after the end of the meeting. French officials reused tear gas and truncheons. Bottles were thrown at them, as can be seen in the recordings made available by the Reuters agency.
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Clashes between the police and the fans after the Champions League finalReuters/POITOUT
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Liverpool want an explanation
Liverpool officials have called for an investigation into “unacceptable problems” faced by English team supporters prior to the game, the BBC said. “This is the greatest match in European football and fans should not experience the scenes we witnessed tonight,” the club said in a statement.
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UEFA said it “sympathized with those affected by these events” and will analyze the incidents together with the French police and the French football federation. “Before the meeting, turnstiles on the side [sektorów-red.] Liverpool were blocked by thousands of fans who bought fake tickets that did not work at the entrance. This led to an accumulation of fans who tried to enter the stadium, “reported the European federation.
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UEFA “had no other option”
– It takes great imagination to anticipate all possible situations that may happen before such a match. (…) The interest in this match, the scale of the “invasion” of mainly English fans surpassed the imagination of the organizers, who unfortunately set too many bottlenecks on the route from the airport, from the city center, in Saint-Denis itself to the stadium – Leszek Orłowski assessed in an interview with TVN24 , journalist of the weekly “Pilka Nożna” and Canal + Sport.
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As he added, as a consequence some fans with tickets did not manage to enter the stadium. – In addition, it was difficult for them because thousands of fans, mainly English, who did not have these tickets, wanted to enter the stadium. The time of the match was approaching, panic was growing, everyone wanted to make the first whistle. UEFA had no other option but to decide to delay the start of this match – said the TVN24 guest.
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Clashes between fans and policemen before the Champions League finalGetty Images
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The final match of the Champions League ended with the score 1: 0 for Real Madrid. The Królewski team won the most valuable club trophy in Europe for the 14th time.
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Eurosport, Reuters, TVN24, BBC
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photo-source">Main photo source: PAP / EPA / YOAN VALAT
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