A representative of the French Government is meeting UEFA bosses to talk about what lessons can be learnt from the Champions League final in Paris after fans were tear-gassed by riot police and violent clashes broke out. Football fans, politicians and UK authorities have slammed the policing of the final, where Liverpool lost to Real Madrid 1-0 at the Stade de France, in Paris on Saturday.
Shambolic scenes outside the ground saw supporters with tickets made to wait in huge queues, before French police used tear gas. Welsh football fans have said they were "treated like animals" as they tried to get into the stadium to watch their team.
Farmer Richard Vaughan, from Tywyn, Gwynedd, was at the match with his son Tomi and told BBC Wales: "In light of what's happened at stadiums before from a safety point of view - and with what's happened to Liverpool supporters in the past - lessons seem to have not been learned from that.
"I wouldn't treat my livestock the way we were treated, and the way I was manhandled by the police. It was an absolute disgrace we were so squashed up we just couldn't move."
Tomi added: "I was unfortunately at the very front of this queue when they brought out the tear gas. I couldn't breathe at all. I was coughing, tears running down my face. I couldn't see. It was awful.
"That was when riot police came in and one officer hit me with their shield and bat and knocked me back to outside of the ground again. I was scared for my life."
French minister of sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, has said that the meeting on Monday (May 30) is being arranged to "learn all the lessons for our major sporting events". She is bringing UEFA, the French Football Federation, the Stade de France, Parisian Police, and state services for Seine-Saint-Denis around the table, to discuss the way that the event was handled.
Dylan Wyn Roberts, from Bow Street, Ceredigion, who was at the match with his son Tomos, also told BBC Wales: "It was the worst experience of my life at a football game. He said: "The police appeared just before kick-off and that's when the heavy tactics of tear gas and pepper spray were let off. We eventually got in, but organisation was poor - the number of women and children I saw crying was just really disturbing."
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