Reaction to the hearing of French government ministers Gerald Darmanin and Amelie Oudea-Castera, in which more lies were told about Liverpool supporters in Paris…
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra: “I have the perception there was an incoherence between these 30,000-40,000 and the 2,500ish fake tickets UEFA has reported.”
That’s because the first number isn’t real, you moron.
— Daniel Austin (@_Dan_Austin) June 1, 2022
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra: “The pre-filter ticket check filled up because there were so many fake tickets. 55%-70% of tickets there were fake. UEFA didn’t believe this statistic when told by staff. They said the pens must be broken.”
That number is mathematically impossible. Lies.
— Daniel Austin (@_Dan_Austin) June 1, 2022
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra: “There were attacks against police and stewards on an unprecedented scale. Liverpool is a big club, with a good coach and great players.”
And that’s the end from her. Utterly unhinged. A dreadful liar.
— Daniel Austin (@_Dan_Austin) June 1, 2022
Gérald Darmanin: “If we had not closed the gates there would have certainly been a pitch invasion and the match would not have been able to go ahead.”
I honestly think that this man might be seriously ill. He is drowning in this hearing.
— Daniel Austin (@_Dan_Austin) June 1, 2022
Gérald Darmanin: “I have a lot of respect for Liveprool and they have got a lot of good fans. But we all remember of course there were big problems at Wembley a few years ago [at the EURO 2020 final.]”
That has absolutely nothing in the slightest to do with this. Whatsoever.
— Daniel Austin (@_Dan_Austin) June 1, 2022
Gérald Darmanin: “The fan zone was open since the morning.”
No, a lie. @TheAnfieldWrap were due to start the event on stage at 1pm but the park was empty because it had not yet been opened by authorities.
— Daniel Austin (@_Dan_Austin) June 1, 2022
I left the game directly as the final whistle was blown, as I wanted to get away from Stade de France as quick as I could after what happened before the game. When I reached the exit gate “A” stewards and the police were blocking us getting out through the single gate exit that was open and we had to ask them to get out of the way as Men Women and Children were getting squashed against low barriers. As I made my way to Station La Plaine Stade de France (600meters from stadium) there was tear gas every with several people lying on the ground and I only glanced and checked to make sure they weren’t LFC supporters and kept moving quickly, as I did not feel safe. Once I got on a train I met a man from Switzerland who claimed he worked for the company who make the scanner ticketing system and that he worked closely with UEFA. He admitted to me there were issues with phone tickets system and some genuine electronic phone tickets were rejected as not valid. I asked him what colour the scanner should go when I scanned my valid thicket and he said green, and I said to him why did mine go red when ticket was issued by LFC and he just shrugged his shoulders. This needs to be investigated to make sure the scanners weren’t rejecting valid tickets and should form part of an independent investigation. It is a great excuse to just blame the LFC supporters who queued up politely and respectfully for several hours. Why is it many EU countries don’t operate the crowd control framework that was developed (many years ago) to prevent what happed at Stade de France last Saturday?? YNWA