Gérald Darmanin and Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, liars? In Liverpool, the statements of the two ministers in the latest independent report commissioned by UEFA, in the case of the Stade de France fiasco, do not pass, according to L’Équipe. French officials have blamed England fans for “wrongly exaggerating” the problems of the Champions League final, over the “massive and industrial” amount of counterfeit tickets printed to illegally enter the stadium.
Liverpool fans therefore displayed a banner on the occasion of their round of 16 against Real Madrid (2-5), a remake of the last final, displaying the heads of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Sports, decked out with a long nose, in reference to Pinocchio, with a word, in French in the text: “liars”.
In this same report, the body of European football seems to also target Gérald Darmanin: “Several key players did not accept responsibility for their own failures, but were quick to shift the blame to others”, tackles-t- he. Before apologizing to Reds supporters, made “unfairly responsible for the situation which led to the delay in kick-off”.
Last Sunday, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, on the occasion of the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Courchevel, however assured: “We have shown that we are at work to learn absolutely all the lessons from all this, on the management of flows, on the deployment of security forces, the mobilization of private security agencies, crime prevention plans”, while France hosts the Rugby World Cup in 2023 and the Olympic Games in 2024.
The independent report, published earlier this week, points to the responsibility of UEFA, the French Football Federation (FFF) and the authorities in the security “disaster” of the disputed 2022 Champions League final Liverpool-Real Madrid at the Stade de France. Endless waiting, supporters and families sprayed with tear gas or victims of robbery… The law enforcement system during this Champions League final had given rise to scenes of chaos in Saint-Denis on May 28, 2022, provoking a lively controversy in France and England.
