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Ryan Paton

UEFA and French police should be apologising, not lying about Liverpool fans

"Take me back, back, back like... Ooh-na-na". It was a new low for UEFA as Camila Cabello strutted across the pitch ahead of the Champions League final.

A mixture of anger, confusion and disbelief swept across the Liverpool end as the opening ceremony still went ahead 30 minutes after the scheduled kick-off time. UEFA's commitment to the Americanisation of football was such that the glitzy performance simply had to take place, while thousands of fans with legitimate tickets remained outside the Stade de France, still being subjected to unnecessarily heavy-handed police tactics.

The Señorita singer was offended as a chorus of boos rang out throughout the routine and later issued a statement blasting LFC fans as "rude". The tweet has since been deleted, which is hopefully an indication the 25-year-old has been advised her brand of catchy pop maybe wasn't the "right vibes" to improve people's mood while innocent fans were being tear gassed.

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