The organizers of the Champions League final, the police and the local authorities will meet Monday at 11:00 a.m. to “identify the malfunctions” and the problems of access for supporters on Saturday at the Stade de France, announced this Sunday the Ministry of Sports and of the Olympic Games.
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“With the Minister of the Interior, we deplore the incidents which marred the evening of the Champions League on Saturday evening at the Stade de France and regret that some supporters with tickets were unable to attend the match”, indicated in a communicated the new Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Amélie Oudéa-Castera.
“The priority now is to identify very precisely the dysfunctions with UEFA, the French Football Federation, the Stade de France, the Paris police headquarters, the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture and the Saint-Denis town hall in order to to learn all the lessons to prevent such incidents from happening again for our future major international sporting events.
Saturday, the kick-off of the final of the prestigious Champions League, between Real Madrid and Liverpool (1-0), was delayed by more than thirty minutes due to access problems for supporters. The pre-match was marked by chaotic scenes around the stadium, with no serious injuries.
According to the European Football Union (UEFA), “thousands of spectators” showed up with “fake tickets that did not work”, creating “an accumulation of spectators” in the queues.
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