Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich

Liverpool fans hope Champions League Senate report brings 'adequate change'

Liverpool FC fans said they hope the French Senate's report into the Champions League final ensures "no football supporter ever experiences anything like it again".

The Senate's report presented this morning found it was unfair for the French authorities "to have sought to blame Liverpool supporters". The report said supporters had been "misunderstood" and identified as "hooligans" due to stereotypes from the 1980s.

Instead the report focused on a "chain of administrative errors" from the authorities involved in the organisation of the match". The report, presented by senators François-Noël Buffet and Laurent Lafon, added "there was no real coordination between the different organisations and nobody had any foresight".

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.