Delete footage from the surveillance cameras in the Real Madrid and Liverpool final

CCTV footage from the Stade de France stadium in last month's Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid has been deleted, according to a hearing in the French Senate of the committee tasked with investigating the circumstances of the match.

The French Football Federation revealed that the video surveillance footage was destroyed, in line with French law which states that it must be destroyed within seven days unless subject to an order from the judicial authorities.

"We are surprised," Senate committee chair Laurent Lafont told AFP, adding that an investigation was opened the day after the match. "There was plenty of time to request (the footage). We need to understand what happened."

The final match hosted by Paris on May 28, in which Real Madrid won its fourteenth title against Liverpool, was marred by scenes of chaos, as the fans of the latter struggled to enter the stadium to attend the match, which raised questions about the ability of the French capital to host the 2024 Olympics

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Speaking to the French Football Federation, Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram said he "cannot understand why the videos were destroyed".

"Everything points to the belief that the destruction of compromising evidence was intentionally permitted," Senate President Bruno Ritao added.

However, French police said later on Thursday that they still had video footage from the stadium for match day.

The police account wrote on Twitter on Thursday evening, "The photos in the possession of the police are definitely at the disposal of justice, within the framework of requests placed in a criminal investigation. Let's not confuse police photos with photos of a private body," knowing that the photos are kept for thirty days.

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