We can only advise Gérald Darmanin too much to avoid choosing England for a short family weekend in the months to come.

In question, the remarks of the Minister of the Interior after the fiasco of Saturday, during the final of the Champions League at the Stade de France, who relieved his police of all responsibilities in the chaos and accused the supporters English of "massive and industrial fraud", adding that "30,000 to 40,000 British supporters" had "presented themselves in front of the stadium, without a ticket or with a fake ticket".

Figures which, as we have explained, seem very strongly overvalued.

What is certain is that the minister's press briefing provoked a wave of indignation across the Channel, starting with the former glory of Liverpool, Jamie Carragher, who did not hesitate to inveigh against Darmanin on the networks. social by treating it as "fraud", which can be translated, as one chooses, by crook, liar or impostor.

"The lies and manipulation of people in authority are a shame," added the Sky Sports consultant, also mentioning in passing the name of the new Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, on the same line of defense as the Minister of the Interior since Saturday evening.

Gerald Darmanin is the fraud.

The lies & spin from people in authority is a disgrace.

@UEFA @AOC1978 https://t.co/wAJuGKt5yy

— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) May 30, 2022


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For his part, former striker Gary Lineker, also a consultant on British television, took up the words of Gérald Darmanin to add his own subtext in French: “It's bullshit!

".

For the ex-scorer of Leicester, Barça and Tottenham, the French security forces "were the complete opposite" of what the French minister described who, during his press briefing, welcomed the calm with which the police worked to "avoid the tragedy".

Last but not least

, Liverpool chairman Tom Werner sent a letter to Amélie Oudéa-Castéra demanding an apology from her and the French government after the weekend chaos.

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  • Minister of the Interior

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