PARIS: European football governing body UEFA blamed “fake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles” for a delay of over half an hour to the start of Saturday’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris.
UEFA said French police had fired tear gas to disperse thousands of frustrated fans who were building up outside the Stade de France as a result of the fake tickets issue.
But English giants Liverpool said they were “hugely disappointed” that their supporters had been subjected to an “unacceptable” breakdown of the security perimeter at France’s national stadium.
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