French ministers will be taken to task over the "appalling" scenes at the Champions League final in Paris and the subsequent smears about the behaviour of Liverpool fans, MPs have been told.
Liverpool were defeated 1-0 by Real Madrid at the Stade de France, but the football became a mere sideshow amid organisational issues outside the ground and footage of supporters being pepper-sprayed by authorities.
Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston committed to raising the “terrifying and potentially dangerous conditions” with France's sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera this week.