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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
David Conn

Uefa review’s devastating verdict on Paris chaos should prompt Ceferin to resign

Uefa’s president, Aleksander Ceferin
Aleksander Ceferin has been Uefa president since 2016 and is likely to be re-elected unopposed in April. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

The review commissioned by Uefa into the appalling chaos that beset the Champions League final last May has reached devastating conclusions that in a decent, responsible culture would lead its president, Aleksander Ceferin, to resign.

The review panel’s report concludes that Uefa has “primary responsibility” for hosting a catastrophic failure of safety at the final of the competition which is its core purpose to organise, the very reason why it was founded as a confederation of Europe’s national football associations in 1954.

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