It is a night that is considered one of the worst for Liverpool supporters. After the chaos that reigned around the Stade de France, on the occasion of the Champions League final, on Saturday May 28, 2022, 887 English supporters who were victims of serious incidents decided to file a collective complaint via a London law firm. A total of 1,076 clients are represented by this firm.
The complaint targets UEFA, which an independent investigation named in February as primarily responsible for the incidents “which almost led to disaster”. But they are not the only ones who want to bring this case to justice. Two other law firms, representing nearly 2,000 other supporters, had also announced their intention to sue UEFA.
Initially, UEFA and the French authorities had blamed the English, accusing them of arriving late at the stadium and of having massively presented falsified tickets. But the independent report dismissed these accusations, exposing the “primary responsibility” of UEFA or that of the French Football Federation (FFF), as well as the “misconceptions” of the French police.
“Believe me, there is not a person at UEFA who is not terribly sorry (…) Thank God, nothing dramatic happened,” said Aleksander Ceferin, boss of the European body. He had offered English supporters to reimburse their ticket, a gesture deemed insufficient by the three law firms.
