UEFA stated Tuesday it would reimburse all Liverpool supporters who attended final yr’s chaos-hit Champions League remaining towards Real Madrid on the Stade de France in Paris.
European soccer’s governing physique, which was closely criticised in an impartial report revealed final month for organisational failures which “almost led to disaster”, stated its refund scheme would cowl your entire Liverpool allocation of practically 20,000.
It will even cowl supporters of Real and different spectators affected by the difficulty exterior the stadium.
“Refunds will be available to all fans… where the most difficult circumstances were reported,” UEFA stated, including that each one ticket-holders who didn’t enter the stadium by the initially scheduled kick-off time, or couldn’t get in in any respect, would additionally obtain a refund.
“Given these criteria, the special refund scheme covers all of the Liverpool FC ticket allocation for the final, i.e. 19,618 tickets.”
Real’s 1-0 win on May 28 was overshadowed by the fiasco exterior, with the kick-off delayed by 37 minutes as followers struggled to get into France’s nationwide stadium after police funnelled them into overcrowded bottlenecks as they approached.
Police then fired tear fuel in the direction of 1000’s of supporters locked behind steel fences on the perimeter to the stadium.
UEFA tried to pin the blame on Liverpool followers arriving late regardless of 1000’s having been held for hours exterior the stadium earlier than kick-off.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
