The French Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanen, will appear before the Senate this afternoon, Wednesday, June 1, together with the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, to answer questions about the fiasco caused by the Liverpool fans receiving tear gas and pepper sprayas they waited to enter Stade de France in Paris last Saturday.
Apart from the fact that the “reds” saw Real Madrid win the Champions League trophy 1-0, despite the fact that their image on the field was clearly better than the opponent, they also had several of their supporters complaining about the fact that they were at the center of the chaos that prevailed before the final, with the result that the game was delayed to start for more than 35 minutes.
On Monday, the French Minister of Sports stressed that the initial problems were caused by Liverpool fans who did not have tickets and accused the club of leaving its supporters “uncontrollable».
The French Interior Minister spoke about “huge scam“, As according to him,”70% of the tickets presented were fake».
In its headline, “Libération” newspaper ridiculed the French minister’s claim that 30,000 to 40,000 Liverpool fans showed up without tickets or with fake tickets.
French media reported that only 2,800 fake tickets had been scanned.
«If we preferred to believe the explanations of the Minister of Interior, this would be more like a police riddle, which would make the best classics of Agatha Christie, Gaston Leroy, James Kane or Maurice LeBlanc pale in front of him.».
The minister is causing “disappointment” throughout the Channel
An opinion article published in “Le Monde” states that “stubborn defense of the policeBy Mr Darmanin,causes frustration throughout the Channel, which is not going to recede any time soon».
The article, written by academic Olivier Esteves, warned that the minister’s “lie” revives memories of the Hillsborough disasterwhen the Liverpool fans were demonized by the newspaper “The Sun” a few days after the loss of dozens of fans in the stadium.
Le Figaro stated that the final “continues to embarrass the executive branch“Underlining that”this is catastrophic initial communication».
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