Police stand in front of fans prior to the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France.
PARIS – Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has demanded an apology over the treatment of the club’s fans after the French government blamed “massive” ticket fraud for the chaotic scenes that marred Saturday’s Champions League final against Real Madrid in Paris.
The demand came as UEFA and the French football federation (FFF), at a crisis meeting on Monday at the French sports ministry, estimated that 2,800 fake tickets were scanned at the final, according to a source.
The FFF weighed in further on Tuesday, releasing a statement saying that 35,000 people without tickets or with false tickets had descended on the…
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