US EditionFrench minister apologises to Liverpool fans over Champions League chaos
- Gérald Darmanin, now France's justice minister, issued a frank apology to Liverpool fans for the 2022 Champions League final chaos in Paris on May 28, 2022.
- The apology followed initial false claims by Darmanin and UEFA blaming Liverpool supporters for disorder caused by poor security and criminal attacks outside Stade de France.
- Thousands of Liverpool fans faced tear gas, were trapped behind metal fences, and suffered from overcrowded bottlenecks while police mismanaged the event and overlooked muggers targeting fans.
- Darmanin admitted, "we got the measures wrong" and called the night "the biggest failure" of his career, acknowledging he was misled by preconceptions and failed to check the situation properly.
- Independent investigations found UEFA primarily responsible for failures, resulting in a delayed match won 1-0 by Real Madrid and out-of-court settlements compensating injured Liverpool fans.
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Liverpool fans finally get apology after being blamed for Champions League final chaos - The Mirror
Liverpool lost the 2022 Champions League final to Real Madrid in Paris, but it was the treatment before the game got underway that has led to three years of reviews
Apologies of Gérald Darmanin after the failure of the Stade de France in 2022: "He does not recognize his responsibility", deplores the association Football Supporters Europe
"Apologies from the lips" that arrive "a little late", responded Ronan Evain, managing director of the association, Monday in franceinfo evening. The former Minister of the Interior presented his "apologies to the fans of Liverpool".
"I have sinned by thought received": Darmanin apologizes three years after the fiasco of the Stade de France
The Keeper of the Seals, then Minister of the Interior, recognized "a failure" in the management of security on the margins of the final of the Champions League on 28 May 2022 which had opposed Real Madrid and Liverpool.
Three years later, Liverpool receive apology for Champions League fiasco: 'You had every right to be angry'
Former French interior minister Gérald Darmanin has apologised for the first time to Liverpool fans for police actions during the 2022 Champions League final in Paris.
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