UEFA-appointed investigators have held European soccer's ruling body mostly responsible for chaotic security failures at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris that put the lives of Liverpool and Real Madrid fans at risk.
the investigation panel wrote in a 220-page document"The panel has concluded that UEFA, as event owner, bears primary responsibility for failures which almost led to disaster," the report said.
An apology to Liverpool supporters for "the experiences of many of them" and the unjust blaming was made Monday by UEFA general secretary Theodore Theodoridis. The long-time CEO of UEFA Events, Martin Kallen, is named often in the report, including as a representative at security planning meetings, and is broadly criticized by the panel.
They criticized French public officials for an ongoing "misconception about what actually happened and a complacency regarding what needs to change."
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