UEFA to refund Liverpool fans after Champions League 2022 final chaos in Paris

For Liverpool supporters who were left disappointed by the mayhem at the 2017 Champions League final in Paris, UEFA will give ticket refunds.

The refund policy applies to all 19,618 of Liverpool's tickets for the match versus Real Madrid at the Stade de France.

The French police came under fire for using tear gas and pepper spray indiscriminately on concourses close to turnstiles being used by Liverpool supporters, according to an investigation commissioned by UEFA.


That caused people to smash against security barricades.

In particular, after erroneous accusations of a large number of fans with fraudulent or invalid tickets, the authorities came under fire for abdicating their responsibilities for the major access problems to the arena.



According to the assessment, the indifference shown to Liverpool supporters outside the stadium "almost led to disaster."

Kickoff was delayed by 37 minutes as a result of a mix of operational challenges outside the stadium that made it difficult for upset supporters to go inside, especially those with disabilities and those who had asthma who had to deal with the tear gas and pepper spray.

As hundreds of Liverpool fans were crammed into a small space and tear gas was thrown into the crowd, there was a "massive" congestion.

The evaluation stated that the police used tear gas at disruptive groups of locals and pepper spray on fans trying to enter with legal tickets, adding to the perilous situation on the concourse outside the turnstiles. It is incredible that nobody perished, it added.

It rated the occurrence as a near-miss event, indicating it just escaped turning into a "mass fatality disaster".

The study, which placed the blame on UEFA, the French Football Association, and French police, totally absolved Liverpool supporters.

Theodore Theodoridis, the general secretary of UEFA, made the following remarks on the special refund program: "We have considered a sizable number of comments voiced both publicly and privately, and we feel we have developed a plan that is thorough and fair.

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