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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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David Maddock

Champions League final inquiry finds "systematic failings" in damning report

A damning report commissioned by the Prime Minister of France into the carnage at the Champions League final has found “systematic failings in the organisation” of the event.

And the inquiry - led by the French interministerial delegate for the Olympics and major events Michel Cadot - concluded that organisers were to blame for the chaos, NOT supporters.

Cadot called out the excuses by Paris police prefect Didier Lallement and France Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin, saying there was no evidence to support their claims 40,000 ticketless fans, committing a “mass fraud” were to blame.

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