Stade de France: Liverpool “request apology” from Minister of French Sports

Le Monde

The president of the Liverpool football club, Tom Werner, asked for apology from the French government for having attributed the chaotic scenes to the Reds fans in the Champions League final at the Stade de France on Saturday on Saturday on Saturday May 28. On Monday, the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, had denounced “massive, industrial and organized fraud of false tickets” and deplored that Liverpool “had left its supporters in nature”.

In a letter whose local daily Liverpool Echo obtained a copy , Mr. Werner expressed his “total disbelief” in the face of this “series of unproven declarations on a subject D ‘Such importance “, even before the holding of an advanced investigation. “Your comments are irresponsible, unprofessional and totally disrespectful of the thousands of fans injured physically and emotionally,” he added, saying that she had received very numerous emails of supporters “dead for fear” and denouncing “a strategy seeking to attribute the fault of others “.

“In the name of all the fans who have experienced this nightmare, I ask for an apology from you, and the assurance that the French authorities and UEFA will allow an independent and transparent investigation to take place”. -Al added, while the European football body confirmed on Monday that it would order an “independent report”.

/Media reports.