Stade de France incidents: "The report fully vindicates our fans" (Liverpool FC)

"Liverpool FC (Premier League) welcomes the report into the chaos at the (2021-22) UEFA Champions League final in Paris (FRA) which fully vindicates Liverpool fans while finding UEFA primarily responsible for organisational failings, absence of overall control or oversight of safety and security, poor planning and lack of contingency plans," said the Merseyside club on 14/02/2023.

Liverpool FC was responding to the publication of a report by an independent review panel into the events surrounding the 28/05/2022 Champions League final between Liverpool FC (Premier League) and Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander) (0-1) at the Stade de France (Saint-Denis, Paris, FRA) published on 13/02/2023, which concludes, among other things, that: "UEFA, as event owner, bears primary responsibility for failures which almost led to disaster."

"The evidence-based panel report also found that there was 'a clear and immediate danger of a fatal crush' and that the action of Liverpool supporters saved lives. The panel concluded that the safety, security and service model laid out in the Council of Europe…