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Champions League final on May 28 2022 between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France was overshadowed by serious problems for supporters outside; ...

Their incompetence and negligence could have led to a far more serious situation had it not been for the restraint of the Liverpool supporters who know all about the history of what happened at Hillsborough in 1989. The real number of counterfeit Liverpool tickets turned out to be 1,600 - which is no more than usually expected for a game of that size. "It is now obvious that three months was not enough time to organise a Champions League final. Dr Rodrigues said last year in a UEFA statement: "The events of 28 May were distressing for everyone involved. The FFF didn't respond to messages for comment through email and its media website on Monday. "And they should apologise and thank Liverpool supporters for the way they behaved." UEFA as event owner has been assigned "primary responsibility" but it's understood some commission members disagreed with the conclusion. "Although the French police were out in force before the game, they were nowhere to be seen when supporters were being mugged and attacked as they were leaving the game. "The truth is that the real blame lies with UEFA, the French authorities and the French police. "A Champions League final should be a celebration of football but in Paris it turned into a nightmare for tens of thousands of supporters because of failures on the part of the people who were supposed to be looking after them. "What happened on 28 May 2022 was the fault of UEFA, the French authorities and the French police. "It's been over eight months of work by the independent panel and it is only right and proper to publish the contents of the report to our supporters appropriately.

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Brandão Rodrigues, which investigated the events surrounding the Champions League Final played in Paris on 28 May 2022, was published by UEFA on 13 February 2023. The report of the Independent Review Panel led by Dr. UEFA Champions League Final 2022: independent review report

UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer's ruling body mostly responsible for chaotic security failures at the Champions League final in Paris ...

“Institutional defensiveness, putting reputation and self-interest above truth and responsibility, prevents progressive change,” the report said. The Champions League final was moved to Paris at three months’ notice after UEFA stripped Russia of hosting the game in St. Many fans were fired on with tear gas by police before the game, which was delayed by nearly 40 minutes. “On the evidence, the panel has concluded that the senior management of UEFA Events marginalized the UEFA S&S Unit,” the report said. “UEFA’s lack of oversight upon delegation of private safety and security matters, deference of all such matters in the public space to policing authorities, and simply not following its own safety, security and service requirements, was a recipe for the failures which occurred,” the report said. An apology to Liverpool supporters for “the experiences of many of them” and the unjust blaming was

The report claimed the policing model was influenced by incorrect assumptions that Liverpool supporters were a threat to public order.

“In particular, I would like to apologise to the supporters of Liverpool FC.... The report said that the panel “has concluded that Uefa, as event owner, bears primary responsibility for failures which almost led to disaster.” PARIS - Uefa itself bears “primary responsibility” for failures which “almost led to disaster” at the

UEFA itself bears "primary responsibility" for failures which "almost led to disaster" at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris between Liverpool and ...

"In particular, I would like to apologise to the supporters of Liverpool FC.... "It's been over eight months of work by the independent panel and it is only right and proper to publish the contents of the report to our supporters appropriately," a Liverpool statement said. The report also claimed the policing model was influenced by a view of Liverpool based on the deadly 1989 Hillsborough disaster on incorrect assumptions that the city's supporters were a threat to public order.

UEFA itself bears "primary responsibility" for failures which "almost led to disaster" at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris between Liverpool and ...

"It's been over eight months of work by the independent panel and it is only right and proper to publish the contents of the report to our supporters appropriately," a Liverpool statement said. "The safety, security and service model laid out in the Saint-Denis Convention was ignored in favour of a securitised approach," the report said. "In particular, I would like to apologise to the supporters of The panel also said it was astonished that the policing model was influenced by a view of Liverpool hooliganism based on Hillsborough. The report also claimed the policing model was influenced by a view of UEFA itself bears "primary responsibility" for failures which "almost led to disaster" at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris between Liverpool and Real Madrid, a report commissioned by the European football body said Monday.

LIVERPOOL, England: A review into the chaos before the 2022 Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid has said organisers UEFA were ...

"It's hugely disappointing that a report of such significance, such importance to football supporters’ lives and future safety, should be leaked and published in this way," the Merseyside club said in a statement. He added: "In particular, I would like to apologise to the supporters of Liverpool FC for the experiences many of them had when attending the game and for the messages released prior to and during the game which had the effect of unjustly blaming them for the situation leading to the delayed kick-off." LIVERPOOL, England: A review into the chaos before the 2022 Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid has said organisers UEFA were responsible for the events which unfolded including a "large number of near misses that nearly led to disaster".

UEFA are "primarily responsible" for the "near disaster" that saw thousands of Liverpool fans suffer a nightmare ordeal ahead of the 2022 Champions League ...

The effect of this was particularly acute at ASP3 because of the increased pressure created by the flawed routing, and that it was positioned on a restricted access ramp: a bottleneck. Whereas there could be no bidding process or development of a concept, full attention should have been paid to the formulation and agreement of venue and event risk assessments, and proper operational plans. "The parallels between Hillsborough 1989 and Paris 2022 are palpable. "The Panel draws the inference that they have been made [ticketless fans claims] primarily to deflect from responsibility for planning and operational failures. Neither was a ‘black swan’ event, or the result of a ‘perfect storm’. "It is remarkable that no one lost their life.

UEFA itself bears "primary responsibility" for failures which "almost led to disaster" at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris between Liverpool and ...

"In particular, I would like to apologise to the supporters of Liverpool FC.... UEFA General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis made an apology for the lapses that led to a breakdown in the organisation of the crowd and thanked Dr Brandao Rodrigues and the panel who created the report for their work. The report said that the panel "has concluded that UEFA, as event owner, bears primary responsibility for failures which almost led to disaster."

An independent review into the events which surrounded the 2022 Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid has found UEFA should “bear primary ...

Neither was a ‘black swan’ event, or the result of a ‘perfect storm’1 . The parallels between Hillsborough 1989 and Paris 2022 are palpable. In the judgment of the Panel, the different outcomes were a matter of chance: in one nearly a hundred died, the other none, but through no merit of those in charge.”