“There are lessons to be learned,” said the prefect’s spokesperson. But she disputes any error in communication with the supporters who, according to her, were informed in their mother tongue of the conditions of access to the stadium.
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A ministerial meeting is scheduled for Monday 30 May to “find out the malfunctions” which took place on Saturday on the sidelines of the kick-off of the Champions League final, between Liverpool and Real Madrid, at the Stade de France in St-Denis. “There are lessons to be learned, not everything went in the best way”recognizes this Sunday on franceinfo Loubna Atta, spokesperson for the Paris police headquarters. “In the meantime, the experience of the Prefecture of Police in the management of major sporting events has already been tested. We hosted Euro 2016, and again recently the Coupe de France at the Stade France and everything went well” , she adds.
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Loubna Atta would like to underline the action of the forces of order which, according to her, “enabled to put an end to the overflows, to find a little serenity and to avoid serious incidents and serious injuries”. The spokesperson for the police headquarters confirms 105 arrests.
She rejects any communication error with supporters, specifying that the device was widely distributed upstream in the two mother tongues of the clubs, in English and in Spanish, inviting spectators in real time “to plan their journey, to get to the Stade de France in advance and to be careful of street vendors”. “We avoided dramatic incidents in front of the gates of the stadium, the balance sheet is that there are no serious injuries and the match was able to take place”concludes Loubna Atta.