One of the authors of the independent report into the 2022 Champions League final has said the violence that followed AZ Alkmaar’s defeat by West Ham on Thursday shows Uefa has failed to learn lessons from the near-tragedy of Paris and warned English fans to be “extremely cautious” should they travel to next month’s finals in Istanbul and Prague.
Prof Clifford Stott said the storming by AZ ultras of a stand containing relatives of West Ham players was “exactly the kind of circumstances where people die” and that Uefa should have taken control of policing and stewarding plans after unrest in the Dutch city earlier that day.
