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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Theo Squires

FA backed Aleksander Ceferin for UEFA re-election just weeks after Liverpool fans blamed for Champions League final chaos

The FA controversially gave official support for Aleksander Ceferin to be re-elected UEFA president just weeks after their shambolic organisation of the Champions League final in Paris.

Liverpool fans, who were victims of crushing and violent policing, were falsely blamed by UEFA for kick-off at the Stade de France being delayed by 36 minutes, as they were accused of overwhelming turnstiles by turning up late without valid tickets.

An independent UEFA review reported last month ‘primary responsibility’ for the failures that almost caused a ‘mass fatality catastrophe’ lay with the governing body, while the French senate’s one inquiry identified a series of disastrous failings in a report on June 16 last year.

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