The Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris last year was marred by mayhem, and UEFA said on Tuesday that it will refund all Liverpool fans who went.
The governing body of European football, which received harsh criticism for organizational shortcomings that “almost led to disaster” in an independent report released last month, announced that its refund program would cover the entire nearly 20,000 Liverpool allocation as well as Real Madrid fans and other spectators impacted by the unrest outside the stadium.
“Where the most challenging situations were recorded,” UEFA noted, “refunds will be offered to all spectators…,” and “any ticket holders who did not enter the stadium before the originally scheduled kickoff time, or could not get in at all, would also receive a refund,” were more details.
“Given these criteria, the special refund scheme covers all of the Liverpool FC ticket allocation for the final, i.e. 19,618 tickets.
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Real’s 1-0 win at France’s national stadium on May 28 was overshadowed by events outside, with the kick-off delayed by 37 minutes as fans struggled to access the stadium after police funnelled them into overcrowded bottlenecks as they approached.
Police then fired tear gas towards thousands of supporters locked behind metal fences on the perimeter to the stadium.
UEFA tried to pin the blame on Liverpool fans arriving late despite thousands having been held for hours outside the stadium before kick-off.
The independent report said that “UEFA, as event owner, bears primary responsibility for failures which almost led to disaster.”
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