A weekend of chaos.
After the huge fiasco that struck the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool on Saturday evening, during which many supporters and residents forced their way into the Stade de France without tickets after hours of waiting, a new incident hit football France on Sunday evening.
“We are capable of organizing major sporting events”
Guest of RTL this Monday morning, the new Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra first returned to the incidents of Saturday evening.
“We are capable of organizing major sporting events.
In the recent period, we have proven it.
There is a deep experience, France has a real know-how to organize sports competitions", maintained the minister, before adding: "I am concerned that we draw all the lessons from what has happened. spent Saturday night.
First there was a large influx of Liverpool fans with and without tickets, including 30,000 or 40,000 with fake tickets.
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“This created exceptional pressure on the security services at the Stade de France.
Because the tickets were counterfeit, many supporters were stranded in the forecourt.
We must understand where these counterfeit tickets come from, UEFA must understand what happened, "added Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, while an emergency meeting with all the actors of the organization of the final, also with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, is scheduled for the morning.
The Minister also regretted that families were victims of tear gas from the police: “This is one of the most regrettable aspects of what happened.
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"This must be a very serious alert", worries Stéphane Troussel
Earlier in the morning, Stéphane Troussel, socialist president of the departmental council of Seine-Saint-Denis, demanded on Franceinfo an investigation after the incidents: “The Stade de France has existed for 24 years, it is the third final of the Champions League held there.
I have never seen such disorganization around the Stade de France.
I am very angry.
I do not want Seine-Saint-Denis and its inhabitants to be the scapegoat for this disorganization.
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“There has to be transparency, what happened?
Never have I seen so many spectators around the stadium a few minutes before kick-off.
There were obviously people who had nothing to do around the stadium”, he added, wondering about the role of the intelligence services and the police: “Could not anticipate this type of situation?
What happened on Saturday evening must be a very serious warning about anticipation, the volume of resources deployed, the organization of transport, consumption around the stadium.
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Regarding the incidents on Sunday evening in Saint-Étienne, the Minister of Sports wanted to differentiate them from those that occurred around the Stade de France on Saturday: “We must try to avoid amalgams, these are not the same problems.
In Saint-Denis, it was a problem of counterfeit banknotes.
In Saint-Étienne, it was a dissatisfaction of disappointed supporters which led to incidents in the stadium and outside, also in the city.
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On the occasion of the L1-L2 play-off between AS Saint-Étienne and AJ Auxerre, which saw ASSE relegated to Ligue 2 and the Burgundy club accessing the elite, hundreds of supporters invaded the lawn of the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium.
Furious at the fate of the Greens, they threw dozens of smoke bombs and fireworks towards the presidential platform before the incidents continued outside against the CRS.
According to the prefecture, at least 17 supporters, two Auxerre players and 14 police officers were slightly injured.
