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UEFA blamed for chaos ahead of 2022 UCL final following ... (WION)

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 ...

UEFA and French authorities at the time blamed the chaos on ticket fraud, although the review said there was no evidence to support such claims. 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". European soccer governing body UEFA apologised to Liverpool for initially blaming the Merseyside club's fans for the mayhem following the release of an independent review on Monday.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin must accept responsibility for ... (Planet Sport)

A law firm representing Liverpool fans caught up in the chaos at last seasons Champions League final has urged UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin to accept ...

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Liverpool FC urge UEFA to implement all recommendations from ... (Free Radio)

UEFA and the French authorities have been found responsible for the crush in Paris ahead of the game. flags in the Stade de France ahead of the Champions League ...

"As a football club with proud history in Europe, we call on UEFA to do the right thing and implement the 21 recommendations to ensure the safety of all football supporters attending any future UEFA football match." "Our thoughts go out to all our fans who have suffered as a result of Paris and we would remind them of the mental health support we put in place in the days following the disaster that was the UEFA Champions League final in Paris. "Last night UEFA published the Independent Panel Report into the failings that we saw first-hand in Paris and it is within this context that we call on UEFA and others at the top of the football regulation pyramid to come together and take positive and transparent action to ensure there are no more 'near misses'," said a Liverpool statement.

UEFA apologises as report lays blame for UCL final chaos on 'lack ... (Inside World Football)

February 14 – Independent UEFA-appointed investigators have found European football's governing body mainly responsible for the security chaos at the 2022 ...

The report also makes a set of valuable recommendations to ensure better fan experience and safety at future events,” Uefa said “In particular, I would like to apologise to the supporters of Liverpool FC…. “The parallels between Hillsborough 1989 and Paris 2022 are palpable,” it said. Ironically the Champions League final had been moved to Paris at three months’ notice after UEFA stripped Russia of hosting the game in St. “UEFA is currently analysing the findings of the review and assessing them against its own analysis of the organisation of the event and facts that occurred around it.At the same time, UEFA is reviewing the recommendations of the Panel in order to introduce appropriate changes and arrangements to ensure the highest level of safety for fans at future finals.” Many were teargassed by police before the game, with kick-off delayed by nearly 40 minutes.

Uefa responsible for Paris UCL final chaos (Dhaka Tribune)

Kickoff was delayed by 37 mins as fans struggled to access the stadium after being funnelled into overcrowded bottlenecks on approach.

How long will it take Lionel Messi to break Ronaldo's UCL goal ... (Yahoo Eurosport UK)

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are nearing the end of their long and unbelievably successful careers in football, which have seen them win the Champions ...

Report: UEFA put Liverpool, Madrid fans at risk in UCL final (ESPN)

UEFA-appointed investigators said the football body bears the "primary responsibility" for security failures at the 2022 Champions League final.

"While we have not seen a full copy of the report, early indications suggest that its conclusion echoes what Leigh Day have said all along, fans were seriously let down by UEFA. French police were blamed in the report for wrongly assuming that Liverpool fans posed a threat to public order, and for using "weaponry'' like tear gas and pepper spray. "Institutional defensiveness, putting reputation and self-interest above truth and responsibility, prevents progressive change,'' the report said. But even more concerning is the realisation that for families, friends and survivors of Hillsborough, Paris has only exacerbated their suffering." The independent French Senate report published in July 2022 found Liverpool supporters were unfairly and wrongly blamed for the chaotic scenes to divert attention from the real organisational failures. "We knew that it was critical to understand why both Liverpool and Real Madrid supporters found ourselves in the situation where supporters' safety was put at risk.

UEFA bears 'primary responsibility' for UCL final failures (The National)

Serious congestion problems outside the Stade de France in Paris saw thousands of Liverpool fans penned in against perimeter fences.

UEFA General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis said: “On behalf of UEFA, I would like to apologise most sincerely once again to all those who were affected by the events that unfolded on what should have been a celebration at the pinnacle of the club season. “It is remarkable that no one lost their life. “Senior officials at the top of UEFA allowed this to happen, even though the shortcomings of its model were widely known at senior management level, as acknowledged to the panel.”

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