Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has demanded an apology from France’s sports activities minister, after she claimed that British followers with bogus tickets and the membership’s remedy of its followers have been in charge for the chaos that engulfed Saturday’s Champions League remaining.
The match on the Stade de France, wherein Actual Madrid received 1-0, was delayed for greater than a half-hour as police tried to maintain followers from forcing their manner into the stadium. French riot police used tear gasoline on a number of supporters, together with youngsters.
Amelie Oudea-Castera, the sports activities minister, acknowledged on Monday that the preliminary difficulties have been created by Liverpool followers who didn’t have reliable tickets, accusing the membership of permitting its followers “go loopy.”
Gerald Darmanin, the French inside minister, stated that “30,000-40,000 bogus tickets” have been a serious affect within the chaos outdoors the stadium, claiming “huge [ticket] fraud on an industrial scale.”
In a letter to Oudea-Castera despatched late Monday, Werner retaliated, calling her statements “irresponsible, unprofessional, and utterly insulting” to the followers.
“The UEFA Champions League remaining must be one of many best spectacles in world sport, and as a substitute it devolved into one of many worst safety collapses in latest reminiscence,” Werner was quoted as saying by the Liverpool Echo newspaper.
“On behalf of all of the followers who skilled this nightmare I demand an apology from you, and assurance that the French authorities and UEFA enable an unbiased and clear investigation to proceed.”
The occasion has been referred to UEFA for an unbiased investigation, whereas Oudea-Castera acknowledged that the French sports activities ministry will challenge a report inside 10 days.
