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UEFA APOLOGIZES ON ITS WEB PAGE

UEFA's statement after Real Madrid's claims

Published:4/06/2022 - 08:44h

Updated:4/06/2022 - 08:45h

After the events that occurred around the Stade de France in the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, UEFA has decided to apologize and investigate what happened

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The final of the UEFA Champions League left several feelings so much for the fans as for the viewers. On the one hand, the commitment kept a sublime sportive environment, with two bloated that supported to his teams until the last minute of game. By another, there was a big quantity of altercations extradeportivos that 'marked' the event and that complicated his beginning.

To few minutes that the show inaugural carried out, occurred a series of riots in the surroundings of the Stade of France by a group of people that attacked and stole so much to followers of the Real Madrid as of the Liverpool. Besides, also sucedieron some problems with the boletería, what ocasionó that more than one colara inside the installations, creating an effect in chain that delayed by almost an hour the start of the party.

In front of this, the UEFA has issued a communiqué through his official web page in where it excuses by all the problems. "The UEFA wishes to ask sincere apologies to all the viewers that had to experience or witness events aterradores and angustiosos during the preparativos of the final of the UEFA Champions League in the Stade of France on 28 May 2022 in Paris, in a night that would have to have been a celebration of the European football of clubs. Any fan to the football would have to see in this situation, and does not have to go back to suceder", affirms a part of the text.

Also they specified which would be the actions to take after all the eventualities. "For this, immediately after the events, the UEFA commissioned an Independent Review to identify the deficiencies and responsibilities of all the entities involved in the organisation of the final, and has published today the Terms of Reference for this review", added the announcement.

The rest of the communiqué

"The Independent Review, that will be directed by the Dr. Tiago Brandao Rodrigues, of Portugal, has like aim understand what sucedió before the final, and determine which lessons have to learn to ensure that they do not repeat the actions and the events of this day.

The Review will treat to establish a complete image and a chronology of what occurred during the day, so much inside the stadium as in the surroundings, including the analysis of the flows of viewers to the stadium through the distinct points of access. Also it will examine all the pertinent operative plans related with the security, the mobility and the sale of entrances, as well as others to discretion of the responsible of the Review, and will examine the planning and the preparation of the entities involved for the celebration of the final, even in additional places like the meeting points of fans of the Liverpool FC and of the Real Madrid Cf.

The Independent Review has like aim identify any problem or brecha in the application and operation of the operations and evaluate the functions and responsibilities of all the entities involved and the adecuación of his answer to the events, with the end to do recommendations on the best practical for the future for the UEFA and the parts interested.

The Review will have the participation of the UEFA and of all the parts interested, including, but without limiting to this, the groups of fans, between them 'Football Supporters Europe', as well as the ones of the two clubs finalists, the own clubs finalists, the viewers in general, the French Federation of Football, the Police and other national public authorities and local, and the operator of the stadium. In brief will communicate more information on how can present his testimonies the parts interested (through a specific email address or of a questionnaire 'on-line').

The results of the Review, the conclusions and the recommendations will expose in detail in the report and will be work of the Dr. Tiago Brandao Rodrigues and of the experts that will support him. The Review will initiate immediately and will have to conclude in the most brief term possible to produce a complete review of the facts".

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