Champions League

A UEFA-commissioned review into the poor treatment of Liverpool fans outside the 2022 Champions League final is set to find the failings "almost led to a ...

Dr Rodrigues said last year in a UEFA statement: "The events of 28 May were distressing for everyone involved. "In addition, the organisation before, during and after the game - and the heavy-handed treatment of fans - was predicated on flawed intelligence and the inaccurate preconceptions and prejudices of the authorities. Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram said: "UEFA's report vindicates what I and other fans have been saying all along: that is, it was the fans who averted a disaster and were clearly not to blame, whilst the organisers - UEFA and the French authorities - were really responsible. "Fans who travelled to Paris expecting the night of their lives were put in harm's way by the very people who are meant to protect them. Access issues to the stadium on the outskirts of Paris - following defective route planning from a train station - contributed to congestion and dangerous scenes on May 28. [Liverpool fans unfairly blamed for Champions League final unrest](https://news.sky.com/story/liverpool-fans-unfairly-blamed-for-champions-league-final-unrest-report-finds-12651244) [What actually happened at the Stade de France?](https://news.sky.com/story/champions-league-final-what-actually-happened-at-the-stade-de-france-12623622) [French politician apologises to Liverpool fans after chaos in Paris](https://news.sky.com/story/champions-league-final-french-politician-apologises-to-liverpool-fans-after-chaos-in-paris-12624991) The report claims the senior management of UEFA Events SA - the UEFA division running tournaments and showpiece matches - marginalised the safety and security unit with the use of subcontracted stewards and then tried to avoid accountability. There was truncated planning for the final after UEFA was forced to find a new venue due to Russia launching its invasion of Ukraine. The match was delayed for 37 minutes as a combination of operational problems outside the venue created access issues for distressed fans - particularly those who are disabled and asthmatics who had to contend with the tear gas and pepper spray. A UEFA-commissioned review into the poor treatment of Liverpool fans outside the 2022 Champions League final has found the failings "almost led to a disaster" after faults by European football's governing body and the lack of a venue risk assessment by French authorities. The lack of a "Plan B" is said to have been uncovered - contingencies that could have seen stewards and police redeployed to deal with crowd management challenges. Police blamed for not being proactive enough in intervening when locals - who tried to climb fences and jump turnstiles - attacked fans, and for being over-reliant on the use of tear gas and pepper spray on blameless fans.

Uefa bears 'primary responsibility' for organisational and safety failures that made it 'remarkable' no Liverpool or Real Madrid fans died at the 2022 final ...

The panel is also troubled by a number of stark differences as to the facts of what happened, and a general default position of blaming the Liverpool supporters, without any proper evidential basis.” In a statement, the organisation did not say that it accepted the panel’s findings, saying it was “currently analysing” them “and assessing them against its own analysis of the organisation of the event and facts that occurred around it”. Uefa’s events arm “marginalised” the safety and security unit, and did not follow its own safety requirements, “a recipe for the failures” that occurred. The report also states the panel was “very disappointed” that Uefa asked that sections of an interview given by an unnamed senior Uefa executive, relating to evidence they gave to the French Senate, be redacted on the grounds of maintaining their anonymity. The risk of a crushing disaster was highest at that point, the panel found, as large numbers of supporters came on to the forecourt and found static queues. The second claim, that thousands of Liverpool fans were at the stadium without valid tickets, originated with the French police and ministers, and was given to the media by Uefa at the end of the match. The checkpoint increasingly failed to cope with the huge numbers of people crammed into the queue, and was abandoned at 7.45pm, the report states. [Liverpool](https://www.theguardian.com/football/liverpool) and thousands of their supporters, and in media reports, including the Guardian’s investigation. “The dangerous conditions on the concourse outside the turnstiles were compounded by the police deploying teargas at disorderly groups of locals, as well as using pepper spray on supporters trying to gain entrance with valid tickets,” the report states. Although a decision to delay kick-off should be taken by the acting police commander in liaison with Uefa’s safety and security unit and that of the local football association running the game, the report states, Ceferin himself made the decision, in a stairwell of the stadium’s VIP area, where he had been having a meeting with the king of Spain. The report states that there is no evidence to support such claims, which were made in a “reprehensible” attempt by the authorities to avoid responsibility. [Uefa](https://www.theguardian.com/football/uefa) review expresses concern that lessons have not been learned, saying with reference to the evidence of Michel Cadot, the French government official responsible for major sporting events: “Despite Mr Cadot’s willingness to accept that mistakes had been made [at the final], the panel is concerned that there remains a misconception about what actually happened and a complacency regarding what needs to change.

Champions League final on May 28 2022 between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France was overshadowed by serious problems for supporters outside; ...

Their incompetence and negligence could have led to a far more serious situation had it not been for the restraint of the Liverpool supporters who know all about the history of what happened at Hillsborough in 1989. The real number of counterfeit Liverpool tickets turned out to be 1,600 - which is no more than usually expected for a game of that size. "It is now obvious that three months was not enough time to organise a Champions League final. Dr Rodrigues said last year in a UEFA statement: "The events of 28 May were distressing for everyone involved. The FFF didn't respond to messages for comment through email and its media website on Monday. "And they should apologise and thank Liverpool supporters for the way they behaved." UEFA as event owner has been assigned "primary responsibility" but it's understood some commission members disagreed with the conclusion. "Although the French police were out in force before the game, they were nowhere to be seen when supporters were being mugged and attacked as they were leaving the game. "The truth is that the real blame lies with UEFA, the French authorities and the French police. "A Champions League final should be a celebration of football but in Paris it turned into a nightmare for tens of thousands of supporters because of failures on the part of the people who were supposed to be looking after them. "What happened on 28 May 2022 was the fault of UEFA, the French authorities and the French police. "It's been over eight months of work by the independent panel and it is only right and proper to publish the contents of the report to our supporters appropriately.

Uefa's own report in the Champions League final is set to conclude that 'reprehensible' attempts were made to blame Liverpool fans.

“The panel is also troubled by a number of stark differences as to the facts of what happened, and a general default position of blaming the Liverpool supporters, without any proper evidential basis. “It is remarkable that no one lost their life. “The panel is left with a sense of real concern at the lack of insight into what occurred on 28th May and the failure to recognise the role of the authorities,” the report states.

Liverpool say they are "hugely disappointed" an independent review into the chaotic scenes at the Champions League final in Paris has been leaked.

He later apologised for pepper spraying Liverpool fans - but [claimed it was justified](/news/granada/2022-06-09/police-chief-apologises-for-pepper-spraying-fans-but-says-it-was-justified) in the circumstances. “We will await to receive a copy of the report and digest it thoroughly before making any further comment.” [Liverpool fans](/news/topic/liverpool-fc) were unfairly blamed for the chaos which surrounded the Champions League final to “divert attention” from failure of the organisers. [independent report, based on hundreds of eyewitness accounts](/news/granada/2022-10-17/new-report-into-champions-league-final-in-paris-says-lives-were-put-at-risk), found Liverpool fans were "treated with contempt" and lives were "put at risk" by the "abject failure" of UEFA. But now an independent report is expected to find blame for the chaos in Paris does not lie with Liverpool supporters, but with UEFA and the French authorities. [independent review into the chaotic scenes at the Champions League final in Paris](/news/granada/2023-02-13/uefa-bears-primary-responsibility-for-champions-league-final-failures) has been leaked.

The long-awaited independent report into the chaos at the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris has been leaked.

However, the Senate report stressed it was “unfair to have tried to blame the Liverpool supporters for the disturbances to divert attention from the state’s inability to adequately manage the crowds and to curb the actions of several hundred violent and co-ordinated delinquents”. As the match drew to a close police in riot gear emerged inside the stadium and proceeded to position themselves around the Liverpool – but not Madrid’s – end. A number of those either attempted – and some succeeded – to jump the fence or tried to steal tickets from fans penned in as the turnstiles had been closed.

Serious congestion problems outside the Stade de France in Paris saw thousands of Liverpool fans penned in against perimeter fences and stuck in a motorway ...

"It's been over eight months of work by the independent panel and it is only right and proper to publish the contents of the report to our supporters appropriately. "It is remarkable that no one lost their life. "The panel is left with a sense of real concern at the lack of insight into what occurred on 28th May and the failure to recognise the role of the authorities," it is claimed the report states.

Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann said on Monday he understood Paris Saint-Germain's danger ahead of Tuesday's clash, despite the French champions' ...

"The Champions League is important for the club and important for me," Nagelsmann said, adding "I want to win the trophy before I can only walk bent over." Nagelsmann said he understood the gravity of the tie, explaining "of course a season will be seen differently if you come far in the Champions League than if you exit early." "We don't have much focus on the situation PSG has in the league -- the Champions League is another competition.

Uefa bears "primary responsibility" for the chaotic scenes before last year's Champions League final, an independent review has found.

Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool City Region, says the findings "vindicated" the Liverpool fans who had said Uefa and the French authorities were responsible for the events. "The organisation before, during and after the game - and the heavy-handed treatment of fans - was predicated on flawed intelligence and the inaccurate preconceptions and prejudices of the authorities." "It's disappointing and insensitive to release a report of this magnitude without first releasing to supporters who were there," a spokesman told the BBC. "For the experiences many of them had when attending the game and for the messages released prior to and during the game, which had the effect of unjustly blaming them for the situation leading to the delayed kick-off." "Fans who travelled to Paris expecting the night of their lives were put in harm's way by the very people who are meant to protect them," Rotheram, who was at the match, said. "In particular, I would like to apologise to the supporters of Liverpool," Uefa general secretary Theodore Theodoridis said. Following the publication of the review into the Paris scenes, Uefa apologised "most sincerely" for the events which unfolded. "The similarities include the fact both events were preventable and both were caused by the failures of those responsible for public safety. It also said the collective action of Liverpool supporters was "probably instrumental" in preventing "more serious injuries and deaths" outside the stadium. The accusations made by Uefa and French authorities about ticketless Liverpool fans in Paris were criticised by the Rodrigues-led report. The European governing body said a "comprehensive review" would examine a number of factors that include the decision-making, responsibility and behaviour of all parties involved in the final. The report says there is "no evidence" to support the "reprehensible" claims.

UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer's ruling body mostly responsible for chaotic security failures at the Champions League final in Paris ...

The Champions League final was moved to Paris at three months' notice after UEFA stripped Russia of hosting the game in St. Many fans were fired on with tear gas by police before the game, which was delayed by nearly 40 minutes. [Champions League](/topic/champions-league) final in [Paris](/topic/paris) that put the lives of [Liverpool](/topic/liverpool) and Real Madrid fans at risk.

The long-awaited independent report into the chaos at the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris has been leaked.

However, the Senate report stressed it was “unfair to have tried to blame the Liverpool supporters for the disturbances to divert attention from the state’s inability to adequately manage the crowds and to curb the actions of several hundred violent and co-ordinated delinquents”. As the match drew to a close police in riot gear emerged inside the stadium and proceeded to position themselves around the Liverpool – but not Madrid’s – end. A number of those either attempted – and some succeeded – to jump the fence or tried to steal tickets from fans penned in as the turnstiles had been closed.

Europe's football website, UEFA.com, is the official site of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, and the governing body of football in Europe ...

Brandão Rodrigues, which investigated the events surrounding the Champions League Final played in Paris on 28 May 2022, was published by UEFA on 13 February 2023. The report of the Independent Review Panel led by Dr. UEFA Champions League Final 2022: independent review report

Independent investigators concluded it was only a “matter of chance” that the dangerous scenes at last year's Liverpool-Real Madrid final did not lead to ...

It said UEFA’s president, Aleksander Ceferin, was asked to make a call on delaying the kickoff even though he had not been in the match control room or in contact with security officials; he had been in a meeting with the King of Spain in a V.I.P. “Unfortunately, the enthusiasm around the game rapidly turned into a real ‘near miss’ which was harmful to a significant number of fans from both clubs,” the report said. The report raised new concerns about security preparations for next year’s Summer Olympics in Paris, with its authors describing events around the Champions League final as a “wake-up call” for Olympic organizers. That no lives were lost in the crushes outside the stadium gates, the investigators’ harshly critical report concluded, was only “a matter of chance.” Dangerous bottlenecks, packed entrances and ramps, and tear gas employed by the police — sometimes sprayed indiscriminately at groups of supporters that included children and disabled fans — added to the chaos. The investigation involved hundreds of interviews and the analysis of footage, including many hours of video shot by supporters caught up in the crushes as they tried to enter the stadium.

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The report from the UEFA Independent review into the events surrounding the 2022 Champions League Final in Paris was published today.

Uefa Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12810141/champions-league-final-liverpool-fans-cleared-as-review-finds-uefa-french-authorities-to-be-at-fault) [Champions League final inquiry blames UEFA for chaos and says Liverpool fans saved lives – Mirror Online](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-champions-league-final-report-29207587) The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/13/uefa-report-champions-league-final-main-findings) [‘Terrified’: what Liverpool and Real Madrid fans told Uefa panel

All four Premier League clubs have their own on-pitch challenges right now but their financial might still dwarfs much of the competition at Europe's top ...

Right now, it does look like only Bayern or PSG can put it up to the Premier League – and they meet in the last 16. The World Cup could again be a factor in that, since the physical and mental fatigue for so many players will make it more difficult to be as strong on all fronts. That usually tends to tell, and is often forgiving for the wealthier side. [The problem is that PSG are not in that sort of form as a team](/sport/football/psg-wissam-ben-yedder-bayern-munich-kylian-mbappe-marseille-b2280521.html). It is one of Europe’s wealthiest clubs against a side in the third financial tier. The defending champions haven’t yet reached the heights that defiantly took them to victory in 2022, but then they didn’t rise to such levels last season until the last-16 second leg either. The Champions League is the big one missing, that can really deepen that legacy, and he is in the form to deliver it. [It is almost like their Serie A surge in that sense](/sport/football/napoli-juventus-result-score-serie-a-b2261973.html). The manner in which so much built up to Qatar for over a decade gave the tournament a “fin de siecle” feel, but it really just closed the first phase of modern sportswashing: the takeover. It is nevertheless a feeling that frames the knockout stages, especially amid the expectation that at least three English clubs will get through from the last 16 for the fourth time in five years. Leaving City hasn’t really been seriously considered so far, however, because he so wants to win the third Champions League of his career. [Champions League](/topic/champions-league)’s returns, executives across the competition’s clubs are actually thinking in similar terms.

Everything you need to know about the Champions League round of 16, with Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham all in action.

- Porto vs Inter Milan - Tottenham vs AC Milan - Chelsea vs Borussia Dortmund - Inter Milan vs Porto - Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea - AC Milan vs Tottenham

Liverpool FC welcomes the Report into the chaos at the UEFA Champions League final in Paris which fully vindicates Liverpool fans while finding UEFA ...

Our thoughts go out to all our fans who have suffered as a result of Paris and we would remind them of the mental health support we put in place in the days following the disaster that was the UEFA Champions League final in Paris. We knew that it was critical to understand why both Liverpool and Real Madrid supporters found ourselves in the situation where supporters’ safety was put at risk. We also called on UEFA to launch a full independent and transparent investigation, in order to establish the facts.

Paris should not have hosted the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool last season because officials did not have enough time to prepare, ...

Paris WASN'T READY to host the Champions League final last season, their deputy mayor in charge of sports events admits... Pierre Rabadan, the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of sports events for the final, has since criticised the decision and told Paris were not prepared to host the Champions League final, a senior official has admitted With only two months to spare, UEFA switched the venue for the Champions League final from St Petersburg to Paris, as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Authorities indiscriminately resorted to the use of pepper spray and tear gas, and a long-awaited report into the chaos has at last been issued, clearing Liverpool fans of wrongdoing by laying the blame on UEFA and the French police. as he concedes 'we did the organisation in a couple of weeks' after UEFA absolved Liverpool fans of all blame for crowd chaos

Another first-time clash in a UEFA club competition, Borussia Dortmund will face Chelsea in their last 16 clash. The Germans have been steady throughout the ...

They have been ruthless this season, and I think that will be the difference here. Die Adler was the only team in this season’s Champions League to partake in the competition for the first time in the the UCL era. Fighting for a UCL spot in the Bundesliga, Frankfurt will be motivated for their meeting with Napoli. They are the only side left in the Champions League to have played in the qualifying rounds. This time around, the Italians have to be considered favourites. Goals are not hard to come by for Napoli, who have already scored 76 times at the time of writing. Even qualifying for the Champions League via the league for next year is looking unfavourable for Jürgen Klopp’s men. [going on another spending spree in January](https://playingfor90.com/2023/01/11/chelsea-land-joao-felix-loan/), the Blues have won just once this calendar year (1-4-3). Chelsea has more to lose here, as it is looking increasingly likely that a third Champions League triumph is the Blues’ only way back to the tournament next season. Despite both teams being regulars in Europe, this is the first time Club Brugge and Benfica will meet in UEFA club competition. For that, I will have to go with the Parisians in this one. In what promises to be a highly entertaining two legs, it is difficult to say who will progress from this one.

European football governing body UEFA and French authorities are to blame for the chaos that delayed the start of last year's Champions League final between ...

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Team news and form guides for Milan v Spurs, PSG v Bayern, Brugge v Benfica and Borussia Dortmund v Chelsea.

Graham Potter has overseen just one win in their last eight matches, and they have not won away from home since they beat Salzburg at the end of October. They have scored 17 goals in those six matches and sit just three points behind league leaders Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. His last appearance in the Champions League as a player was also against a Portuguese side, when he turned out for Chelsea against Porto in 2004. [Chelsea](https://www.theguardian.com/football/chelsea), so expect him to start alongside Florentino. [Club Brugge](https://www.theguardian.com/football/clubbrugge) manager on New Year’s Eve and will take charge of a Champions League game for the first time when his side play Benfica on Wednesday. Their lead in the league has been cut to five points, but the club’s real dream is to win the Champions League. They are unbeaten in their last 19 games – and have scored 11 goals in their last three matches. These two met in the Champions League two seasons ago, when PSG knocked out Bayern in the quarter-finals on away goals. Rodrigo Bentancur sustained a knee injury at the King Power Stadium and [is out for the rest of the season](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/12/rodrigo-bentancur-tottenham-out-for-rest-of-season-injury), while fellow central midfielders Yves Bissouma and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg are absent due to injury and suspension, respectively. Goalkeeper Yann Sommer and João Cancelo are likely to play their first Champions League matches for Bayern in Paris. They have also struggled against Antonio Conte’s sides in the past, with the Spurs boss winning eight of his last nine games against Milan. Eric Dier may move into midfield alongside Oliver Skipp, with Clément Lenglet starting in the heart of a three-man backline with Ben Davies and the returning Cristian Romero.

The knockout stages of Europe's premier club competition is among the most exciting in world football and after a 104-day break, the Champions League is ...

It feels like one great performance is followed by two bad and it's hard to generate momentum playing that sort of football. After all, he did win his most recent trip to Anfield, in a 2-0 triumph as Everton boss in February 2021. He is one of only four players in Europe's top five leagues to have already surpassed 20 goals this season. They go in as firm favourites. Guardiola will hope their previous trip to Leipzig - a 2-1 defeat in 2021 - serves as a warning of the danger the Germans can pose if underestimated. These two have come to know each other pretty well. This is Liverpool at Anfield in the Champions League though, and form thus feels somewhat irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. This is incredibly close to call - but with the Westfalenstadion one of the best atmospheres in European football, Dortmund will believe they can get the edge over the Blues. But whatever happens, this will be history for Parker as he is set to become the third English manager to take charge of a non-English team in the UEFA Champions League. Benfica, who sit top of the Portuguese league, are unbeaten in their last six league games and are also seven unbeaten in the Champions League. Milan have fallen at the last-16 hurdle in five of their last six Champions League appearances, and they haven't beaten Tottenham in any of their four meetings to date. AC Milan have won once in their last six games and are there for Spurs to get at in the first leg