Named culprits. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, blamed Saturday May 28 the attitude of “thousands of ‘British supporters without tickets or with fake tickets who forced entries’ of the Stade de France on the evening of the Champions League final.
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In a tweet, accompanied by a photo of him and the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, at the security headquarters of the Stade de France, the Minister of the Interior assures that “thousands of British ‘supporters’, without tickets or with counterfeit tickets, forced entry and, at times, assaulted the stewards”.
With @AOC1978, at the Stade de France security headquarters. Thousands of British “supporters”, without tickets or with counterfeit tickets, forced entry and sometimes assaulted the stewards. Thank you to the very many police forces mobilized this evening in this difficult context. pic.twitter.com/gEXCqPhWmZ
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) May 28, 2022
The meeting between Liverpool and Real Madrid started more than half an hour late, as spectators without tickets climbed the gates of the stadium enclosure in an attempt to enter. Brief scuffles opposed them to the police, who used tear gas. Some spectators, who had tickets, were only able to access the stadium at the end of the first half.
The Paris police headquarters (PP) explained that before the meeting, “many supporters without tickets for the match or holders of counterfeit tickets disrupted access to the Stade de France, at the level of the external security perimeter”.
“Exerting strong pressure to enter the enclosure, these supporters delayed access to spectators with tickets. Taking advantage of this action, a certain number of people managed to cross the gates protecting the stadium enclosure”added PP.
According to the prefecture, there were 68 arrests overnight. Among those arrested, sellers of counterfeit tickets near the stadium. One of them had about fifty counterfeit notes on him.