Champions League: Gérald Darmanin denounces the attitude of “thousands of British supporters” without tickets or with fake tickets – CNEWS

Gérald Darmanin pointed the finger this Saturday evening at the attitude of “thousands of British supporters without tickets or with fake tickets who forced their way in” to the Stade de France, making them bear the responsibility for the chaos, on the evening of the final of the Champions League. Scenes of chaos around the Stade de France. For Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, the situation is attributable to the attitude of “thousands of British supporters without tickets or with fake tickets who forced them in”. 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 argues that “thousands of British supporters, without tickets or with counterfeit tickets forced entry and sometimes 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 “Thank you to the very many police forces mobilized this evening in this difficult context”, added Gérald Darmanin as a controversy begins over the conditions in which France managed this final, won by Real Madrid, two years before the organization of the Olympic Games in Paris. 53 arrests and 24 in custody The meeting between Liverpool and Real Madrid started more than half an hour late, while young spectators without tickets climbed the gates of the stadium enclosure to try to enter. Brief scuffles had opposed the police who repelled these intruders, sometimes using tear gas. Some spectators, who had tickets, were only able to access the stadium at the end of the first half. A source close to the government argued to AFP that the problem came from “British supporters, unfortunately accustomed to these overflows”. “Only a few young people from the neighborhoods got involved in the unrest, but that is marginal,” added the same source. This source also “deplored the use of counterfeit tickets by British supporters, which disrupted access to the stadium”. “The device was very well sized, we continued, and the reaction was quick on the part of the police on the spot”. It was noted that “despite the situation, there were no injuries”. At 11:45 p.m., according to a first provisional report from the Ministry of the Interior, there were in Paris and Saint-Denis “53 arrests and 24 police custody”.