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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich

Liverpool fans push forward with legal claim against UEFA despite new safeguard plans

Liverpool fans caught in the horrific Champions League crush welcomed UEFA's new safeguarding plans but will continue with a legal claim.

UEFA announced plans to improve safeguards for football supporters for future cup finals after being widely blamed for security failures at the Champions League final in Paris last year. The move was demanded by investigators after the match was blighted by failures from the football governing body and French authorities.

Police in Paris used tear gas on fans stuck in congested, slow-moving queues that caused a crush around the turnstiles. The match was eventually delayed by about 40 minutes with UEFA initially blaming late-arriving Liverpool fans.

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