“Incompetence” – Sports – svenska.yle.fi

No, it wasn’t the fans’ fault that preparations for the Champions League final escalated and resulted in tear gas and fans being injured. French police have admitted it — meanwhile, authorities no longer have access to video footage of the chaos.

The tone in France was clear after total chaos overwhelmed Liverpool fans’ entrances to the Champions League final.

The minister was blamed for fraud with fake tickets, which denied entry.

Images of fans stuck in the crowd and being sprayed with tear gas drew widespread criticism of the arrangements. And now you admit from the French police that you can look in the mirror.

We obviously failed. It was a failure because people were pressured and attacked. It was a failure, said Didier Lalmain, chief of the Paris police, because people’s image of our country had deteriorated.

Video guide is gone

Lallement spoke on behalf of the French Senate, which is looking closely at the events. Police Rule admitted that previous estimates of between 30,000 and 40,000 fans without tickets may have been misleading.

– Maybe I’m wrong. But regardless of whether it was 20,000, 30,000 or 40,000, there were tens of thousands who did not get a place in the Stade de France.

In the Senate, there was also an aspect that could complicate investigations. All video evidence obtained from surveillance cameras are deleted.

Photos are available for seven days. After that, they disappear automatically. We needed an order to supply them. The images were very violent, revealed Erwan Lebrivost of the French Football Federation.

Paris’ representative in the Senate, David Assouline, took the problem seriously.

– Evidence was destroyed for incompetence, the member stated.

sources: Sky SportsAnd RMC Sport