Hard blow for UEFA. The organizer of the Champions League final bears “primary responsibility” for the serious incidents “which almost led to disaster” last May at the Stade de France, concluded a group of experts after an independent investigation mandated by the European body.
“The group has concluded that UEFA, as the owner of the event, bears primary responsibility for the failures that almost led to disaster,” reads the lengthy document obtained by AFP, which argues furthermore that the police’s use of tear gas and pepper spray had “no place in a football party”.
On May 28, 2022, on the sidelines of the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, incidents broke out outside the stadium. Many English supporters were unable to enter the Dionysian enclosure.