French press review

Headline: Paris was not a party…

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Police patrol the gates as some supporters were prevented from entering ahead of the UEFA Champions League final football match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on May 28, 2022. © AFP/Thomas Coex

By: Frédéric Couteau Follow

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Sad observation of the

Parisian

… “ 

A kick-off postponed urgently by more than 35 minutes.

Images of congested supporters then sprayed with tear gas.

Intruders who climb the gates to enter the stands without a ticket.

The Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid on Saturday evening at the Stade de France was supposed to be a party, but the images of Madrid's new European title were tarnished by a pre-match where chaos reigned

.

»

So, points out

Le Parisien again,

"

neither the French football federation nor UEFA, at the helm of the event, have indicated whether they intend to launch an investigation into the course of the evening, which the Liverpool club are demanding. and the British government.

But later, at 11 a.m., a meeting organized at the Ministry of Sports will bring together these two entities, as well as the consortium of the Stade de France, the police headquarters, that of Seine-Saint-Denis as well as the town hall of the city ​​of Saint Denis.

Because this fiasco cannot do without an in-depth examination,

still believes the newspaper,

while the enclosure must host matches of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and then the Paris Olympics in 2024.

 "

To assume !

For

L'Équipe

, the organizers must " 

assume 

": " 

the trial so easy of the supporters, which began on Saturday evening, should push those who intend it to suffocate with shame, fulminates the sports daily, of UEFA, which attributes the delay of the kick-off to the late arrival of the supporters, at the police headquarters, which points to the supporters without a ticket and evokes a

"reasonable use of tear gas".

The FFF has chosen silence.

 »

► To read also: After the clashes at the Stade de France, UEFA launches a joint audit with the police

However, notes

L'Équipe

, “ 

all the first testimonies agree: the fiasco of the organization of the 67th final of the Champions League proceeds, above all, from serious errors in the management of the flow of supporters

.

(…)

The crowd was exceptionally calm and patient, given the circumstances, there were no clashes between supporters, not a gram of hooliganism 

(…).

»

Explosive Cocktail

It is indeed the French public authorities who bear the heaviest responsibility

 ", insists

Les Dernieres Nouvelles d'Alsace.

“ 

State services have remained stuck in outdated, archaic patterns.

Which explains the aberrant bottlenecks on Saturday and the paths

(of supporters)

which were mousetraps.

Not to mention the immoderate and indiscriminate use of tear gas

(…).

This cocktail was explosive.

He would have been even more so had it not been for the rather remarkable calm of the English.

(…)

France will recover from the humiliation suffered in mondovision, there were no deaths and that is the main thing, concludes the Alsatian daily.

But it will not escape self-criticism and deep reflection on the subject.

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"We're going for a walk..."

“ 

Red card 

”, exclaims

Le Midi Libre.

“ 

We are walked around pointing the finger at the British and their counterfeit notes when the reality is quite different: our system is neither effective nor serious nor reassuring.

 »

“ 

Is it possible, in our country, to envisage a big popular celebration without it degenerating into clashes?

 exclaims

Le Figaro

.

“ 

Even a dated event, in mondovision and which allows all anticipations does not escape this curse.

Tens of millions of viewers discovered live the friability of the seventh world power.

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A round ball that drives you crazy?

Finally ,

La Charente Libre

makes another story: it's everyone's fault... The organizers of course, but also and above all the supporters...

“ 

Imbecile, excessively chauvinistic behavior, insults and binge drinking have become one of the facets of this love for football that drives people crazy,

” says the Charente daily.

Almost an exclusive.

Most of the country's major stadiums have experienced these moments of collective shame this year when supporterism becomes unbearable.

To prove that sport can marry fervor and respect,

concludes La Charente Libre,

it was necessary to follow the La Rochelle and Irish supporters to the great mass of European rugby in Marseille, just a few hours before things went crazy in Paris.

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