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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Richard Garnett

More Stade de France chaos after Liverpool Champions League final nightmare

A reminder of Liverpool's Champions League final nightmare played out again at the Stade de France on Saturday evening.

The French national stadium in Saint-Denis was the venue for French rapper Booba's sell-out concert, in front of 81,000 fans, but once again organisational chaos created a dangerous environment outside the stadium as ticket-holders made their way in.

A video shared by French journalist Jesse Bubecci shows a large group of young men forcing their way past security staff into the venue. Alongside the footage, Bebecci tweeted: "60 young people enter by forcing the security barrage at the concert from #Booba to #StadeDeFrance #BoobaauSDF "

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While fans enjoyed the 45-year-old artist's hits, including 'Petite fille', 'Bonjour la France' and a duet of 'Little Girl' with his daughter Luna, the scenes outside were an unwanted reminder of the dangerous and troubling scenes that preceded Liverpool's Champions League Final against Real Madrid on May 28.

The ugly incident occurred on the same day that is was revealed that Liverpool fans are reportedly launching legal action against UEFA over the chaos at the showpiece final in Paris.

Supporters are set to lodge a group legal claim worth up to £5m and more than 1,200 LFC fans have already asked to join. The action is expected to be submitted to court within weeks, reports the Mirror.

It is also reported 1,000 more Reds fans are expected to join. Claimants include fans who suffered injuries, including stabbings, in attacks by local gangs before and after the match at the Stade de France in May. It also includes those tear-gassed by police.

Other claimants include supporters crushed because of police action, as well as victims of sexual assault and robbery in the chaos as supporters with tickets were locked out of the game which Real Madrid won 1-0.

Reds fans faced chaos, danger and distress both before and after the May 28 final at the Stade de France in the Saint-Denis area of the French capital. Supporters - including children and those with disabilities - were forced into cramped and dangerous spaces before the game as turnstiles remained closed, before being indiscriminately sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray by French police. After the match, many were beaten and robbed by local gangs.

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