“That’s bullshit !” In French in the text, Gary Lineker reacted to the press conference held by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, and the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on Monday. The two members of the government returned to the incidents on the sidelines of the Champions League final on Saturday, won by Real Madrid against Liverpool (1-0). Serious overflows took place near the Stade de France, involving the use of tear gas and the delay of the kick-off of the match by more than 30 minutes.
Former English international (80 caps, 48 ??goals), Gary Lineker commented on Twitter on a video extract published by Sky Sports of the press conference held by Darmanin. The Minister of the Interior evokes a “massive, organized and industrial fraud”, as written in the tweet. “It’s bullshit!” Denounced Lineker, star striker in the 1980s and 1990s through his spells at Leicester, Tottenham and FC Barcelona.
“Between 30,000 and 40,000 British supporters without tickets or with counterfeit tickets” tried to access the stands of the Stade de France on Saturday, says Darmanin. A version that is contested by all of the press across the Channel, particularly critical of the organization of the final.
“First they tried to blame the Liverpool fans, and now they’re trying to blame the counterfeits,” English journalist Kaveh Solhekol said on Sky Sports. The British government said it was “extremely disappointed with the way they (supporters) were treated”, through a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday.
