Stade de France lathes reached 2,800 wrong tickets from Liverpool fans who tried to go to the stands to witness the Champions League finals on Saturday to face the ‘red’ team against Real Madrid.
As RMC Sport reported, fake tickets were seen as “convincing enough” to go through the first access filter set up on the perimeter of the stadium before going through the second filter on the turnstiles.
This could be one of the reasons justifying the statement by the French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, about the arrival of “30,000 or 40,000 British fans” at the gates of the Stade de Framce without tickets or with fake tickets.
more than usual
The number of false tickets for the final was higher than usual given at this type of event, about one hundred, according to the aforementioned radio station.
UEFA and the French Football Federation (FFF) have concluded that there is a higher number of false tickets in circulation and the number of about 30,000 people without tickets or with false tickets is considered credible. A figure adopted by the Paris transport administration, the Stade de France consortium and the Police prefecture.
initial alert
According to RMC Sport, the French intelligence service warns that about 50,000 Liverpool fans will be going to Paris, many of them without tickets or with fake tickets where they will try to access the venue.
The Interior chief recalled yesterday, Monday, that the tickets were electronic but “at the request of UEFA” printed tickets were accepted, “which opened up the possibility of fraud.”
He explained that, in place of the previous filter by Liverpool fans, “more than 70% of tickets were false”, which led to the development of problems with the security system to the point that the intervention of riot agents . is required.
2,700 fans with tickets will not be able to enter
Just over 2,700 fans will not be able to enter the stadium despite having tickets, reported Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, who has advanced that there will be “compensation” for those affected, although did not provide further details. .
Darmanin lamented that fans, including families with children, had suffered the consequences of tear gas and acknowledged that he had seen videos of French police using gas “unnecessarily and disproportionately.”
The French government insisted yesterday that the problems had only occurred in the Liverpool fan zone. “Real Madrid’s organization is very different with its fans,” the Sports chief said.
77 arrested
Added to the access problems was the action of organized groups of local criminals who committed violent thefts on fans outside the stadium. There were a total of 77 detainees for these events, according to authorities.
The two ministers will face off tomorrow, Wednesday, in front of the entire Senate to explain the incidents surrounding the Champions League finals.
Source: La Verdad
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